Dan: Well thought out response. I want to take some time and digest this before responding (although I realize that this was meant for surveyor).
Couple of things: You mention being a liberal from San Francisco. Were you born/bred in The City? I hail from down by Palo Alto, and was just curious.
As to Germany invading Belgium: Which Germany? The one in WWI or WWII? Granted, this is just a point of punctilio, but it would seem to matter when discussing types of regimes, especially given that the Germany that invaded Belgium in 1914 wasn’t fascist; however, their actions there were widely condemned by the world at large for their brutality.
Again, well thought out response and I will have some fun (as I’m sure surveyor will) noodling on this.
