ara baliozian Posted March 16, 2001 Report Share Posted March 16, 2001 FAMOUS DUPES ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Deception works only when the victim is sure he is not being deceived. Which means, to be successfully dishonest, one must appear more honest than a really honest man. One must devise strategies and develop fail-safe maneuvers, and I have seen them all. To those who have not, here is a warning sign: Anything that flatters you is false because what it flatters is not you but the idiot in you; and in case you haven’t been informed: we, all of us, even the smartest, harbor an idiot. And here I could make a long list of famous men who supported Hitler, beginning with Martin Heidegger (one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century) and Knut Hamsun (a Nobelist) to Richard Strauss (German composer) and Celine (French writer). I could make a longer list of celebrated names who looked up to Stalin as a messianic figure.As for Armenians who at one time or another were taken in by both Hitler and Stalin: if I were to make a list of them, it would probably read like the index of a Who’s Who Among Armenians in the 20th Century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilafhead Posted March 16, 2001 Report Share Posted March 16, 2001 OK, from reading your posts, I get your idea. Now what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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