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Entry: Frum's Mishagas Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/frums_mishagas#9412 Post contents: The problem in assuming WW I could have been stopped may be in causality. Once nationalism got strong hold of people in the late 19th century and became mixed with social Darwinism's "Struggle for Existence" and "Survival of the Fittest" morality, it may no longer have been possible for anybody to stop European nations from acting out the implications of those ideas. Keep in mind that people danced on the streets when WW I was declared. You might want to look at Bryan's undelivered (he died before he could give it) last speech in the Scopes trial. He discusses Darwinism's moral implications, particularly as they could be observed in Germany. In that speech, Bryan was one of the very few people to foresee that something like the Holocaust was about to happen. The reason for emphasizing the above is that if we want to prevent something we have to deal with its real cause. Working with just the symptoms is like attempting to heal cancer with pain relievers. Sent at: 2008 07 24