reagan (was: Human Interactions)

[Otto Sell]

>I have no idea if he was
> aware of or understood that the initiatives and systems he endorsed while
in
> office were discriminatory, persecutory, oppressive: I tend to think he
> thought he was doing the "right thing". He probably believed that those he
> helped put "up against the wall" were "evil" too.

 > in joan didion's "after henry" [1992] there's an essay on reagan which
>  confirms this view. - kfl

I doubt that. I truly believe the most fundamentalistic popes were agnostic
assholes who were fully aware that they were simply expropriating the
peoples' believe.
If this was true you could also say that Helmut Kohl believes that what he
says is true.
Don't get fooled.
Otto