The enemy of my enemy is my friend
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The enemy of my enemy is my friend
A proven way to establish untrustworthy allies, such as the USA and USSR in WWII.
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Re: The enemy of my enemy is my friend
There's been a rather blood-thirsty wolf get to grandmother's house ahead of little red riding hood.
"Grandmother, what big arms you have!"
"All the better to hug you with, my dear."
"Grandmother, what big legs you have!"
"All the better to run with, my child."
"Grandmother, what big ears you have!"
"All the better to hear with, my child."
"Grandmother, what big eyes you have!"
"All the better to see with, my child."
"Grandmother, what big teeth you have got!"
"All the better to eat you up with."
"Grandmother, what big arms you have!"
"All the better to hug you with, my dear."
"Grandmother, what big legs you have!"
"All the better to run with, my child."
"Grandmother, what big ears you have!"
"All the better to hear with, my child."
"Grandmother, what big eyes you have!"
"All the better to see with, my child."
"Grandmother, what big teeth you have got!"
"All the better to eat you up with."
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Re: The enemy of my enemy is my friend
sock puppet wrote:There's been a rather blood-thirsty wolf get to grandmother's house ahead of little red riding hood.
"Grandmother, what big arms you have!"
"All the better to hug you with, my dear."
"Grandmother, what big legs you have!"
"All the better to run with, my child."
"Grandmother, what big ears you have!"
"All the better to hear with, my child."
"Grandmother, what big eyes you have!"
"All the better to see with, my child."
"Grandmother, what big teeth you have got!"
"All the better to eat you up with."
Really!
You had to stop?
I was almost sleeping!
Peace,
Ceeboo
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Re: The enemy of my enemy is my friend
How about "the friend of my enemy is my enemy?"
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
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Re: The enemy of my enemy is my friend
Brad Hudson wrote:How about "the friend of my enemy is my enemy?"
How about it?
It too, Brad, seems to be at play.
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Yeah, I think it is at play.
I fell like I'm seeing lots of both lately, and it troubles me.
With what you said, you end up with unreliable friends. With what I said, you end up with unnecessary enemies.
Both statements are fallacious.
I fell like I'm seeing lots of both lately, and it troubles me.
With what you said, you end up with unreliable friends. With what I said, you end up with unnecessary enemies.
Both statements are fallacious.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
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Re: The enemy of my enemy is my friend
Brad Hudson wrote:Yeah, I think it is at play.
I fell like I'm seeing lots of both lately, and it troubles me.
With what you said, you end up with unreliable friends. With what I said, you end up with unnecessary enemies.
Both statements are fallacious.
Indeed, as is the notion of going to bat out of loyalty, rather than principle.
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Re: The enemy of my enemy is my friend
sock puppet wrote:A proven way to establish untrustworthy allies, such as the USA and USSR in WWII.
Sec of State Welles/[fill in the apologist toadie]: "Somoza's/[fill in the blank] a bastard!"
FDR/[fill in the apologist]: "But he's our bastard!"
Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded.-charity 3/7/07
MASH quotes
I peeked in the back [of the Bible] Frank, the Devil did it.
I avoid church religiously.
This isn't one of my sermons, I expect you to listen.
MASH quotes
I peeked in the back [of the Bible] Frank, the Devil did it.
I avoid church religiously.
This isn't one of my sermons, I expect you to listen.
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Re: The enemy of my enemy is my friend
Millions of years of evolution, and we're just big old apes in tribes.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
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Re: The enemy of my enemy is my friend
Brad Hudson wrote:Millions of years of evolution, and we're just big old apes in tribes.
Be careful Brad or this thread will devolve quickly into a bunch of quotes and ape gifs/photos/jokes.

Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded.-charity 3/7/07
MASH quotes
I peeked in the back [of the Bible] Frank, the Devil did it.
I avoid church religiously.
This isn't one of my sermons, I expect you to listen.
MASH quotes
I peeked in the back [of the Bible] Frank, the Devil did it.
I avoid church religiously.
This isn't one of my sermons, I expect you to listen.