Could help explain a few trends in American history

[David Morris]

Sorry. You're right. My bad.

 But passing on the wisdom of German women being crazy?  I took the bait.
Oops! Still, your style works.

David

On Sunday, February 8, 2015, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, guys, I'm just not seeing any reference to Nazism in anything I've
> said, except the explicit dismissal above. Maybe that's your own thing?
>
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 6:59 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','fqmorris at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Wow! You pack a lot of provocation into a short post.
>>
>> Neo-Nazi sexism? Atheistic selfish libertarian anarchy?
>>
>> Bring it Om!
>>
>> David Morris
>>
>> On Sunday, February 8, 2015, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','igrlivingston at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Don't have to be a Nazi to be an uptight German. I used to live in WI,
>>> enmeshed with all those brilliant crazy saxons. A Berliner acquaintance, of
>>> mine, of a certain income class, won't go out with German women, "Because
>>> they're crazy." He's chasing Hispanic women in Texas, these days, I hear.
>>>
>>> I mean, I'm no anti-saxon or anything. Hell, I can claim a fair share of
>>> saxon blood mixed in with the celt. I just think there is a remarkable
>>> similarity in the drive for wealth just because
>>> if-I-get-it-then-you-don't-and-I-win between the US, England, and Germany.
>>> It's the whole somewhat twisted every man-for-himself slant on anarchy--no
>>> miracles allowed. And I think it's a socially-driven competitiveness within
>>> and among warrior societies.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Know any Germans? Like, today? In real life?
>>>>
>>>> How many of them would you call Nazis?
>>>>
>>>> MT
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Aw, c'mon. That's not nice.
>>>>>
>>>>> MT
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Ian Livingston <
>>>>> igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/02/daily-chart-3
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
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