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djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in
news:oGxD52.EHI@kithrup.com: 

> In article <XnsA6C5D1523BF95taustingmail@69.16.179.43>,
> Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy  <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:
>>William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote in
>>news:41bbd590-b82f-4d8a-8e00-2064ee6101fe@googlegroups.com: 
>>
>>> On Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 10:02:13 PM UTC-5, Gutless
>>> Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote: 
>>>> William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:11ef6f76-df3a-46f7-b136-7a51946d76c6@googlegroups.com: 
>>>> 
>>>> > On Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 5:18:00 PM UTC-5, Gutless
>>>> > Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote: 
>>>> >> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in
>>>> >> news:oGwt8v.1J4q@kithrup.com: 
>>>> >> 
>>>> >> > In article
>>>> >> > <7f832423-e076-465e-86b8-9a09d99ac701@googlegroups.com>,
>>>> >> > Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> wrote: 
>>>> >> >>On Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 1:41:58 PM UTC-5,
>>>> >> >>Quadibloc wrote: 
>>>> >> >>> On Monday, November 7, 2016 at 1:15:04 PM UTC-7,
>>>> >> >>> Dorothy J Heydt wrote: 
>>>> >> >>>  
>>>> >> >>> > Not to mention the Doctor Who episode "Let's Kill
>>>> >> >>> > Hitler," one of whose elements (not the primary one)
>>>> >> >>> > is "Oh damn, we were going to kill Hitler for his
>>>> >> >>> > crimes against humanity, but we're too early, he
>>>> >> >>> > hasn't committed most of them yet, we'll have to
>>>> >> >>> > come back later." 
>>>> >> >>> 
>>>> >> >>> Obviously the Doctor is too ethical to get the
>>>> >> >>> point... killing an "innocent" Hitler is a perfectly
>>>> >> >>> reasonable thing to do as his innocent victims 
>>>> >> >>are to be 
>>>> >> >>> preferred.
>>>> >> >>> 
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >>....but what if that's the "good Hitler" timeline where
>>>> >> >>he moves to New York in 1907 (rather than to Vienna,)
>>>> >> >>winds up being in the Armory Show and becomes an
>>>> >> >>influential, if minor, modern artist? 
>>>> >> > 
>>>> >> > Again ... "Wikihistory."
>>>> >> > 
>>>> >> > If I already posted the link, you may ignore it.
>>>> >> > 
>>>> >> > http://www.tor.com/2011/08/31/wikihistory/
>>>> >> > 
>>>> >> > No Hitler, no World War II,
>>>> >> 
>>>> >> Unlikely. WWII was inevitable due to the "end" of WWI, and
>>>> >> the oppressive conditions imposed on Germany. If not
>>>> >> Hitler, someone else, possibly somone not as crazy and
>>>> >> stupid. 
>>>> > 
>>>> > Once again, Stephen Fry's "Making History" is recommended.
>>>> > 
>>>> Based on the Wikipedia summary, it seems terribly overwrought
>>>> until I got to ". . . except that his favourite band never
>>>> existed . . ." Now I'm almost tempted to read it.
>>> 
>>> I found it amusing, though my copy went walkies somewhere in
>>> Texas so I've never done a reread.  I don't think Fry does
>>> "Overwrought". 
>>
>>I have no opinion on the book itself. The Wikipedia summary made
>>it seem so. It's Wikipedia, so it sucks automatically. Also, I'm
>>very picky on what I read, so I'm always looking for reasons to
>>skip something. I currently have a backlog waiting, which is a
>>little unusual for me.
>>> 
>>> Well, one might regard "The Stars' Tennis Balls" (aka "The
>>> Revenge" in its US printing) as overwrought, but then it's
>>> based on Dumas. 
>>> 
>>Apparently, Dumas wasn't paid by the word, he was paid by the 
>>column inch, which produces all the short half-sentence dialog. 
>>Nobody does Dumas pastiche better than Brust, though.
>>
> I think that's what I just said.  :)
> 
Ends up in the same place, anyway.

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  Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-06 23:41 +0000
    Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 20:00 -0500
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      Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-07 04:36 +0000
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    Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) - 2016-11-07 04:40 +0000
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      Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 05:39 -0500
        Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-07 13:34 +0000
          Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-11-07 05:54 -0800
          Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 07:20 -0700
        Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 07:19 -0700
  Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 12:26 -0600
    Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-11-07 11:35 -0800
    Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-07 20:13 +0000
      Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-11-19 10:41 -0800
        Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-11-19 12:45 -0800
          Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-19 22:02 +0000
            Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 14:18 -0700
              Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 14:59 -0800
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 19:02 -0700
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 19:50 -0800
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 20:34 -0700
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-20 05:12 +0000
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 21:35 -0700
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 21:35 -0700
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-20 05:12 +0000
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 21:40 -0800
              Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-11-20 12:39 -0800
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-20 13:00 -0700
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-11-20 17:59 -0800
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2016-11-21 14:18 +0000
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-11-21 09:01 -0800
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-11-21 09:37 -0800
        Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-11-19 13:57 -0800
          Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-19 22:04 +0000
            Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-11-19 14:56 -0800
              Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-19 23:12 +0000
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-11-21 14:02 -0800
            Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-11-19 22:56 +0000
              Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-19 23:12 +0000
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-11-19 23:19 +0000
            Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 20:01 -0800
        Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-19 22:00 +0000

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