History questions not worth their own thread III

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Camikaze said:
Well isn't that what aronnax is asking for help with?

having to go through a mass of literature to find something that might be useful/accessible is not a Good Approach. therefore the whole 'here's some authors go wild' approach is kind of ******ed precisely because it doesn't sort for either function in a meaningful sense unless those authors are writing lolpapers aimed at beginners. which just doesn't happen.
 
What? Nazi memorabilia is illegal? As far as I am aware it is entirely legal (with a few possible exceptions) in the US, but most people and non-specialised stores want nothing to do with it. I know there is a very significant collectors market for weaponry and such at the least, and it is entirely legal to fly a Nazi flag.
It's completely legal in the US and Canada

hell I was just at a militaria store in Victoria a few months ago that sold assloads of Nazi medals and uniforms
 
I must have heard some bad information. I heard Nazi stuff was illegal to sell. I'm trying to get my hands on a katana used during WWII. Either that or a Zero..... which might be bit harder to piece together :|
 
All forums have them. I'm surprised we have so few. The TW forums always have some nationalist Eastern Europe who nobody can understand.
 
I must have heard some bad information. I heard Nazi stuff was illegal to sell. I'm trying to get my hands on a katana used during WWII. Either that or a Zero..... which might be bit harder to piece together :|

A katana should be doable. Assuming the owner possesses it legally, that is.
 
All forums have them. I'm surprised we have so few. The TW forums always have some nationalist Eastern Europe who nobody can understand.
Many of those are actually the same person.
 
I think a very mild mainline Protestant Christian with some shadings towards Deist. But largely tolerant of all, or at least most, brands of Christianity, and even towards Jews.
 
How is that mutually contradictory at all? "Christian values" means neither "intolerance of other beliefs" nor "state religion", unless the term is being used incorrectly by fundamentalists or others.
 
Don't pay attention to the "values" part. I'm talking about the people who argue against separation of church and state by saying that the US was founded by Christians and intended for Christians.
 
Don't pay attention to the "values" part. I'm talking about the people who argue against separation of church and state by saying that the US was founded by Christians and intended for Christians.

Well, look at the treaty with Tripoli. It's explicit that the United States is not a Christian nation and has no problems with Muslims.
 
Well, look at the treaty with Tripoli. It's explicit that the United States is not a Christian nation and has no problems with Muslims.

Many people don't accept that, though. Pushing the theory that "America is a Christian nation founded on Christian values" is necessary for pushing their current political agenda.
 
Many people don't accept that, though. Pushing the theory that "America is a Christian nation founded on Christian values" is necessary for pushing their current political agenda.
This "many" are still a very small minority of the population, though, and evidence like that can be very useful in stunting their influence among the majority. If most Americans believe things like that today, it's not because they are blinkered zealots, it's because there isn't a strong enough force pushing back against the zealots to convince them otherwise.
 
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