"Noble" intensions often produce unfortunate results. I really believe that the British monachy believed that it was acting on such noble intensions when it conquered much of Asia and Africa to carry out "the white man's burden" of civilizing the "heathens." Some of those "heathens," like Gandhi, may have had a better conception of what was truely noble. Anyway, I can't feel Chamberlain was being noble in tossing Czechoslovakia to the Nazi lions, after England and France had made so many promises since 1919 to defend the sovereinty of Czechoslovakia, Poland and other Eastern European democracies.
Mick Maguire wrote: > Chamberlain didn't have much to do with conquering India as far as I am > aware, but he did allow Hitler more time and did try to play down the > significance of Hitler's actions to justify not going to war. his intentions > however *were* noble and the decisions were made in light of intelligence at > the time. > I am prod to be English, and even though I have more left wing views than > any politician at that time I also feel very proud of what Neville > Chamberlain did at that time, going against the advice of his cabinet and > holding out to try and avoid taking his country into another war. -- Daniel J. Matyola mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Stanley, Powers & Matyola mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite203, 1170 US Highway 22 East http://danmatyola.com Bridgewater, NJ 08807 (908)725-3322 fax: (908)707-0399 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
