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No, its not. I think Jude, you and I have been there. No matter wha..."
I love Goodreads because if you want to get rid of the noise on the other discussion threads ....where they pile in there so they can make your post go to the next page; what you do, and what I think Holden would do if he found a bunch of morons that didn't want to discuss anything intelligently; is you block them.
You just click on their name on the list. This takes you to their home page. You go to the bottom of that page and you will see the word block. You click that and now you don't see their twaddle on the thread. You see that they wrote and if you want to read what they said you can just like a spoiler, but why spoil your day.
Just read the post like mine that actually says something that is not regurgitated "vomit" that they were fed. It is interesting that Ulysses talks about this. The dog returns to his vomit is what the Bible says. I just don't want to be vomited on so I am using Goodreads "block" feature. Now I read your post and Anne's and people that are new. I set up a winning game.
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I agree! It is like armour. And since this is a phoney war everyone is pointing fingers (which is always the case in war)
I started looking who to attribute this quote to.
I found this quote:
Although frequently attributed to Sun Tzu (544�496 BC), "All warfare is based on deception"; the Sun Tzu quote actually refers to methods of subterfuge in war and goes further to explain, "Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near." The first corroborated quote reflecting the true essence, almost verbatim is "In war, truth is the first casualty," attributed to Greek writer/poet Aeschylus (525BC - 456BC).
Reese, Jeffersonville, IN United State
http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqu...
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Edward have you seen this post?https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I talk about Selma and her father. They have a very cozy relationship. Let me know what you think.
I would like to suggest that Agerstown, Pennsylvania is play on the word Hagerstown, MD and Chambersburg, PA. One is spelled similarly to Hagerstown and the other is in Pennsylvania. Agerstown is not a place in Pennsylvania.
They were both in the civil war and were treated differently. One paid a ransom and one was razed ... how might that relate to World War 2.
Hagerstown's strategic location at the border between the North and the South made the city a primary staging area and supply center for four major campaigns during the Civil War. In 1864, Hagerstown was invaded by the Confederate Army under Lt. Gen. Jubal Early. On Wednesday, July 6, Early sent 1,500 cavalry, commanded by Brig. Gen. John McCausland, into Hagerstown to levy a ransom for $200,000 and a large amount of clothing, in retribution for Federal destruction of farms, feed and cattle in the Shenandoah Valley. McCausland misread the amount, instead collecting $20,000. This is in contrast to neighboring Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, which McCausland razed on July 30 when the borough failed to supply the requested ransom of $500,000 in U.S. currency, or $100,000 in gold.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagers...
Under the Civil War catagory.
What is a ransom?
Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransom
What is restitution?
The law of restitution is the law of gains-based recovery. It is to be contrasted with the law of compensation, which is the law of loss-based recovery. Obligations to make restitution and obligations to pay compensation are each a type of legal response to events in the real world. When a court orders restitution it orders the defendant to give up his/her gains to the claimant. When a court orders compensation it orders the defendant to pay the claimant for his or her loss.
Is Salinger referring to the reparations?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German....
It is interesting to read who got what, and what they got.
" According to the Yalta Conference, no reparations to Allied countries would be paid in money. Instead, much of this value consisted of German industrial assets, as well as forced labour.[4]"
In March 1947, an estimated 4,000,000 Germans were being used as forced labour.[3]. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced...
Or could he be referring to the "the blood for goods"
Rudolf Israel Kastner[2] (1906 – March 15, 1957) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Jewish Zionist activist journalist and lawyer. He became known for facilitating the 'Blood for goods' proposal which was supposed to help Jews escape Nazi-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust. He was assassinated in 1957 after an Israeli court accused him of having collaborated with the Nazis.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf...
Or maybe it was other countries that were spared bombing because they paid a ransom...but I could not find anything to prove that.
Maybe someone else has an idea?