Marxeocon caught Frum erring in his propaganda: Frum quotes a real conservative! Kipling, along with the rest of the right, is supposed to fall down the memory hole.
I give credit to Marxeocon for knowing his anti-American propaganda points, but he goofs on Kipling. In Kipling’s “If“: “tools” refers to actual worn out tools, not people to manipulate and use… A craftsman buys new tools if he can afford them or makes do with worn out tools if he can’t. That’s the meaning – nothing more.
In “The Young British Soldier“, Kipling is too honest for Marxeocon’s tastes. Marxeocon doesn’t want “conservatives” to realise just how Hellish war is – doesn’t want them to realise what they’ve put their volunteer soldiers in. Kipling of course isn’t saying “screw them” as Marxeocon claims; Kipling is telling soldiers exactly what to expect: war is Hell.
I’ll give Marxeocon an A in propaganda, but he fails in poetry appreciation.
And anyone who still believes Marxeocon is somehow misled ought to closely read what’s posted there: he’s a snake plain as day.
HarrisonBergeron2 on 03 Dec 2009 at 2:14 pm #
Weaver,
Good one!
He gets an “A” for his big-government propaganda, and a gold star for pushing porn on his ballistophilic web site.
S.L. Toddard on 04 Dec 2009 at 6:42 pm #
Some people have faces that reflect perfectly their character. David Frum is one of those.