Comments on: Ben Hur

By: Republibot 3.0

Republibot 3.0 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:55:47 +0000

Soooooooo then by that logic, the United States itself was a Tyranny until 1863? Obviously, I disagree: the definition you’re using is overly meticulous. The Nazis suspended free elections after they took power, the Confederates never did. Ergo, the Nazis – regardless of their being voted in to power – *BECAME* Tyrants specifically because they put an end to democracy more or less as their first act.

Now, if you wanted to accuse the Confederacy of being a One Party Democracy (Which it has in common with Nazi Germany, the PRC, the Soviet Union, and many others), yeah, that’s totally true, and most of the time that seems to be a bad thing.

What’s your thinking on Singapore? Is it a Tyranny, or owing to it’s generally ‘up with people’ nature, is it not?

By: Kit

Kit — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:58:38 +0000

We was fightin’ fer ar rats.

By: Floyd

Floyd — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:48:39 +0000

Yeah Scott… and it would’ve been interesting the basically involuntary servitude of the poor white-crackers as well. Eventually the slave-mentality would’ve transcended race to class and poor whites would’ve suffered (which they did anyway since slavery took a lot of jobs out of the economy) as well I believe. (who knows now of course)

I agree… if a significant portion of the population is enslaved — that’s tyrannical.

By: Scott M.

Scott M. — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:58:55 +0000

Well,Republibot,so did Nazi Germany…Adolf Hitler took power legally.VDH’s point in the book was the vanquishing of involuntary servitude by armies of liberation…three armies of liberation

By: trzupr

trzupr — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:44:31 +0000

It should be noted that Wallace also slowed down Jubal Early’s raiders in 1864 just long enough for Horatio Wright’s VI Corps to make it to the DC defenses and keep Early from raising hell in the capitol. Redemption indeed.

By: Mr. Sideous

Mr. Sideous — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:42:07 +0000

“…There you have the genius of the true American in those four—art, literature, invention, music.”Nonsense – the real American genius is for finding new and fascinating ways to tax these parasites on society. Isn’t that what MSNBC keeps telling us…?

By: Republibot 3.0

Republibot 3.0 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:34:50 +0000

@ Scott: I’m not sure the Confederacy counts as a tyranny. They had a written constitution, a democratically elected government, an independent court system, and the military and police forces were separate. It wasn’t any more a tyranny than the Republic of Texas was prior to joining the US.

@ whomever: Everyone always notes that The Bible is the best selling book of all time, for good reason. Everyone always fails to correctly note the second-best-selling book of all time, though, it’s not “Gone with the Wind” or whatever, it’s The Koran.

By: Scott M.

Scott M. — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:24:41 +0000

It’s the story of 3 generals and 3 armies who tore the hearts out of 3 tyrannies..Sparta,the Confederacy,and Nazi Germany.

By: Scott M.

Scott M. — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:15:51 +0000

Floyd,have you ever read “The Soul of Battle” by VDH?

By: Lars Walker

Lars Walker — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:04:45 +0000

Yeah, Wallace remains controversial. Later in life he was military governor of New Mexico, and made an botched attempt to do a plea bargain with Billy the Kid. A lot of Billy apologists still blame him for that. Personally I don’t know. Billy wasn’t exactly a reliable citizen.