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> The way Haider's success was greeted in the Jewish Chronicle was of > great interest to me - but more because of what it told me about the > writers in that paper and their attitudes than what was said about > Haider himself. > The JC was in a not-unaccustomed dilemma. The paper, of course, stands > for the loftiest principles of 'democracy'. But has not Haider risen > to his present powerful position in Austrian politics by the > democratic vote of the people? You see the problem! Wasn't Hitler elected too? > "This does not mean the outside world should abruptly change course, > abandon its position of principle and take a softly-softly approach. > It does mean that the underlying principle must be patiently, publicly > and articulately explained. The aim - it must be made clear - is not > to seek to exclude Austria and its people from the EU or the world > family of nations, nor to question the right of voters to choose who > governs them. It is to define bedrock tenets with which the world > community hopes to build a 21st century on lessons learned from the > bigotry and murder that too often marked the 20th. To the extent > Austria chooses to include in its government a party rooted in an > opposing vision of both the past and the future, to continue business > as usual would be illogical, and immoral." > Sting in the tail > You have to be something of a JC-watcher - which I might extend by > saying a watcher of the entire liberal, New World Order-oriented press > - to see the not immediately clear message here. It lies in the last > two lines, and the operative word is 'business'. This, I suspect, > means much more than just business in the diplomatic sphere - > cross-border contacts, appointments to international offices, etc. It seems to me that liberal - egalitarian - politics are almost always correlated to money, because they believe in the primacy of the individual. Thanks for an interesting text. Who cares how much of it I agreed with, or how shocked and afraid I am that you posted it, but it was definitely a well-written read. Are you from www.nazi.org?
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