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Marge, dear, I haven't learned a thing

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 1998.02.20

Another year, another false start. I've left another job and am taking this off-line once more. I think I'm going to make my own domain and host this publicly rather than on my employer's intranets as I've been doing. This stuff has no business being on such a thing, anyway. I'll keep taking notes on movies and will post here when I'm back online, but for now I'm done.

rand()m quote

Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.

—Hermann Goering