Comments on: First the Fasists, Now the Nazis http://robertsutton.net/blog/2007/09/12/first-the-fasists-now-the-nazis/ The Μετακόσμια Weltanschauung Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:23:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: raspootin http://robertsutton.net/blog/2007/09/12/first-the-fasists-now-the-nazis/#comment-72 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:40:00 +0000 http://robertsutton.net/blog/2007/09/12/first-the-fasists-now-the-nazis/#comment-72 <em>“The Story behind It: In Act II of Bulwer-Lytton's play Richelieu, Cardinal Richelieu learns of a plot against him contrived by a friend and confidant, the monk Joseph. Since as a priest he could not challenge the monk to physical combat, Richelieu issued a written statement which contains the following: </em> <em>Beneath the rule of men entirely great, </em> <em>The pen is mightier than the sword. </em> <em>Bulwer-Lytton was not the only one, nor was he the first, to have the thought. The Greek poet Euripides, who died about 406 B.C., said, "The tongue is mightier than the blade." In 1600 Shakespeare had Rosencrantz in Hamlet say that "... many wearing rapiers are afraid of goosequills." In 1621 Robert Burton wrote The Anatomy of Melancholy, in which he stated: "From this it is clear how much more cruel the pen may be than the sword." Also preceding Bulwer-Lytton was Thomas Jefferson, who in 1796 sent a letter to Thomas Paine in which he wrote: "Go on doing with your pen what in other times was done with the sword."</em> <img src="http://robertsutton.net/imagesblog/pen.jpg" />Of course this was the thought of great play writes and poets; I don’t think which backs the other, the pen or the sword is really relevant as any intelligent, civilized person would always use the pen first and sword only as a last resort. “The Story behind It: In Act II of Bulwer-Lytton’s play Richelieu, Cardinal Richelieu learns of a plot against him contrived by a friend and confidant, the monk Joseph. Since as a priest he could not challenge the monk to physical combat, Richelieu issued a written statement which contains the following:

Beneath the rule of men entirely great,

The pen is mightier than the sword.

Bulwer-Lytton was not the only one, nor was he the first, to have the thought. The Greek poet Euripides, who died about 406 B.C., said, “The tongue is mightier than the blade.” In 1600 Shakespeare had Rosencrantz in Hamlet say that “… many wearing rapiers are afraid of goosequills.” In 1621 Robert Burton wrote The Anatomy of Melancholy, in which he stated: “From this it is clear how much more cruel the pen may be than the sword.” Also preceding Bulwer-Lytton was Thomas Jefferson, who in 1796 sent a letter to Thomas Paine in which he wrote: “Go on doing with your pen what in other times was done with the sword.”

Of course this was the thought of great play writes and poets; I don’t think which backs the other, the pen or the sword is really relevant as any intelligent, civilized person would always use the pen first and sword only as a last resort.

]]> by: Woozie http://robertsutton.net/blog/2007/09/12/first-the-fasists-now-the-nazis/#comment-71 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:40:13 +0000 http://robertsutton.net/blog/2007/09/12/first-the-fasists-now-the-nazis/#comment-71 I love the smell of internets drama in the morning. Smells like...lulz. I love the smell of internets drama in the morning. Smells like…lulz.

]]> by: thimscool http://robertsutton.net/blog/2007/09/12/first-the-fasists-now-the-nazis/#comment-70 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:32:43 +0000 http://robertsutton.net/blog/2007/09/12/first-the-fasists-now-the-nazis/#comment-70 It's only going to get better. It’s only going to get better.

]]> by: Hasemörder Kønig http://robertsutton.net/blog/2007/09/12/first-the-fasists-now-the-nazis/#comment-69 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:58:59 +0000 http://robertsutton.net/blog/2007/09/12/first-the-fasists-now-the-nazis/#comment-69 I don't get it ether. Perhaps a line in his third comment clears things up a little, "The difference between me and you is that I understand how you think..." I don’t get it ether. Perhaps a line in his third comment clears things up a little, “The difference between me and you is that I understand how you think…”

]]> by: thimscool http://robertsutton.net/blog/2007/09/12/first-the-fasists-now-the-nazis/#comment-68 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:24:28 +0000 http://robertsutton.net/blog/2007/09/12/first-the-fasists-now-the-nazis/#comment-68 I don't get it. The problem is not that he is closed minded. The problem is that you are not effectively communicating with each other. That's ok, tho... when words fail, there are always swords. I don’t get it. The problem is not that he is closed minded. The problem is that you are not effectively communicating with each other. That’s ok, tho… when words fail, there are always swords.

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