tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post6058753640455065192..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Contrasting Aspects Of A Future History SeriesKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-52127274175357450992015-12-17T17:26:31.405+00:002015-12-17T17:26:31.405+00:00Kaor ,Paul!
Understood! Altho I would argue that ...Kaor ,Paul!<br /><br />Understood! Altho I would argue that persons of your views could not have predicted what a ruinous death struggle the Great War became and might still have supported the war effort. We can only speculate on what we might have thought and done if alive in 1914.<br /><br />Sean<br />Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-74420025961723380242015-12-17T17:20:42.084+00:002015-12-17T17:20:42.084+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I have heard of that, esp. how the Ge...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I have heard of that, esp. how the German Social Democrats voted in the Reichstag FOR the war budget. But I still have my doubts--esp. in France. I think support for a war against Germany had wide support among all major parties of both right and left in France. And THAT would have affected how the German Social Democrats voted.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-88896488690338313862015-12-17T17:11:36.764+00:002015-12-17T17:11:36.764+00:00Sean,
Sorry, in haste before. If alive and active ...Sean,<br />Sorry, in haste before. If alive and active in '14, I would not have been supporting the imperial policies of whichever country I happened to be living in so, of course, my perspective on military treaties would have been different. But I would also have been in a small minority unable to influence Parliamentary decisions or international events!<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-18315473253340370312015-12-17T17:00:40.616+00:002015-12-17T17:00:40.616+00:00Sean,
European Social Democrats opposed war until ...Sean,<br />European Social Democrats opposed war until it started to happen, then voted for it in their respective national Parliaments. If they had remained united against war, there would have been a different outcome. I don't know what, just different.<br />Paul. Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-90512686930178704592015-12-17T16:54:39.813+00:002015-12-17T16:54:39.813+00:00Kaor, Paul!
Well, none of the major Powers in 191...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Well, none of the major Powers in 1914 truly WANTED a war (even if some factions inside them did). And the efforts made to prevent the crisis provoked by the Sarajevo assassinations from leading to dire consequences still somehow spun out of control. <br /><br />And would YOU truly have opposed the UK not honoring its treaty obligations to Belgium, France and Russia in 1914? Esp. since many people, amazingly, hoped then that the war would not last long and be over within a few months. NO one could have predicted then what a years long struggle to the death the Great War became. Everybody seems to have underestimated each other's strength and resolution! <br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com