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On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:55:20 -0400 (EDT), Scott Dorsey wrote:

> William Hyde  <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>>I read youtube comments now and again.
>>
>>"The worst unison. And fascism. Like the hanging Lincoln cursed by Isaac
>>Asimov."
>>
>>That is a google translation from an Asian language, but what is Dr A
>>doing there?
> 
> Perhaps he is a symbol of precision and the Philosophy of the
> Enlightenment?
> That would seem reasonable from someone who knew only his popular
> science works and not his SF.
> --scott

So what has Lincoln got to do with it?