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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Doug
said:</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><BR>We're
playing word games to some extent, but what does it mean to <BR>apply the same
term to Germany under Hitler and al-Qaeda? One is big, <BR>hierarchical, and
centralized and the other isn't. One fought <BR>conventional wars, the other
doesn't. They have different social <BR>roots, different ideologies, and
different enemies. I don't see the <BR>point of using the same word for
both.</FONT><BR><BR>I agree with Doug here. Classic fascism is all about forming
and manipulating large, molar units and fusing the war machine with State power.
The terra-ists have an entirely different m.o. The one thing they do have in
common is self-destruction. Let's hope al-Qaeda get to that sooner than later,
and don't achieve a lot of collateral damage.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>