tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post3408123592793711673..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Galactics And Time PatrolmenKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-830246818925002012013-08-02T19:48:15.654+01:002013-08-02T19:48:15.654+01:00 Hi, Paul!
Whatever the faults of Kaiser Wilhel... Hi, Paul! <br /><br /> Whatever the faults of Kaiser Wilhelm, ingratitude was not one of them. I recall reading of how, despite heavy pressure from the Entente victors, the Dutch refused to drive out a man who had begged refuge with them after WW I. Wilhelm II did not forget this and during the last year of his life, during the German occupation of the Netherlands during WW II, he did what he could to lessen the harshness of the occupation.<br /><br /> SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-58028441769266748492013-08-02T16:10:38.981+01:002013-08-02T16:10:38.981+01:00Hi, Paul!
Interesting, this speculation by you t... Hi, Paul!<br /><br /> Interesting, this speculation by you that the Galactics of "Details" and Anderson's Time Patrol might have shared the same universe or timeline. It does make me wonder how that could happen without one or both of them eventually finding out about the other. Since both organizations tried to remain inconspicuous, they might never have known of each other's existence. <br /><br /> Your comments does opens up many lines of speculation. The Time Patrol's Prime Directive was to preserve history as unaltered as possible, even if that meant tolerating the rise to power of monsters like Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, or Mao. The efforts of the Galactics to prevent such tyrants from coming to power actually ENABLED their rise, which was sadly ironic.<br /><br /> Kinda makes me think one of the points Anderson was making in "Details" was that dogooding efforts to "guide" mankind to a "better" society are all too likely to backfire and bring about something far worse.<br /><br /> Since I'm a Burkean conservative, I agree with that conclusion. REAL reform has to be gradual, cautious, piecemeal, etc., for it to have a chance to succeed. REAL reform takes into account our corrupt and fallible human nature, etc.<br /><br /> SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com