Could help explain a few trends in American history

[Ian Livingston]

Colette tells me Japanese women are crazy, too. Sometimes I think I'm
supposed to believe there is someone sane somewhere.

It ain't me, babe.

On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 10:05 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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> 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>
>>> 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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