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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:56:08 +0000
Organization: A little, after lunch
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On 15/12/2024 10:42, D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 23:15:52 +0100, D wrote:
>>
>>> I always find it interesting, that the cheap rhetorical device of
>>> connecting someone with holocaust deniers, passes unnoticed through even
>>> the most major and established media houses.
>>
>> All I will say about that is it took a while to develop the campaign.
>>
>> The teacher introduced us to linoleum block printing in the 'art' 
>> class in
>> the late '50s. Swastikas were a popular motif among the male members.
>> Today we would all be marched off to re-education camp. Japs weren't
>> popular but the Germans had a certain mystique.
>>
> 
> It still happens from time to time. Didn't one member of the british 
> royal house dress as a nazi at a masquerade? I also know that a few 
> politicians here and there from the sweden democrats have been kicked 
> out for having nazi tattoos that at one time or other were caught on 
> camera.
> 
> Then I remember when I was young, I met one guy who was into collecting 
> Nazi mementos. I wonder how long he would have survived growing up in 
> todays world. ;)
> 
I once bought a book.
It purported to be the memoirs of a SS captain IIRC, who fought in 
France and Germany, and then joined the French foreign legion to fight 
in French Indo-China (Vietnam).  He professed to loathe communism and 
communists. His tactics were brutal, But effective.

I think I paid a couple of bucks for it in a second-hand book store in 
Johannesburg.

I lent it to someone who didn't give it back, so I looked to see if it 
was still for sale.
It was, For *hundreds of pounds*, on ebay.

That prompted me to look for other examples of Nazi themed items. This 
shit goes for unbelievable sums. People with a lot of money love the 
whole Nazi meme. It is and was great theatre. Great logo. Fantastic 
marketing. Let's all be supermen and kick the shit out of the [insert 
social group you despise most]...who secretly doesn't want to do that?


(I found the book in the bookcase of the person I lent it to, she simply 
forgot it, so I took it back)

> I also sometimes wonder if he today is a computer security consultant.

Far more likely he runs an advertising company.

-- 
    "Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have 
forgotten your aim."

  George Santayana