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Homeland Security, Old-World Style
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"The Austrian Ministry of Interior devised
the following grades of loyalty and steadfastness toward the Monarchy: Ia, Ib,
Ic—IIa, IIb, IIc—IIIa, IIIb, IIIc—IVa, IVb, IVc. The last Roman numeral,
four, in connection with the letter a meant high treason and the rope,
with the letter b internment, and with c an order to monitor and
lock up the perpetrator.
"In the State police Station Chief’s desk
there were to be found all kinds of forms and records. The Government wanted to
know of each citizen how it was thought of."
Book Two, Chapter 2
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Here is where the
madness
began.
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The more things change the more they
remain the same ...
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| 1930s |
The German National Socialists, a.k.a.
"nazis", burned the Švejk books. |
| 1970s |
The Communist leader of occupied Czechoslovakia
exhorted the people to stop acting like Švejk. |
| 2011 |
The President of the "democratic"
Czech Republic "totally rejects Švejk, švejking and švejkian
views of the world". |
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A
fan of Švejk wrote in response to the latest
news:
"The ruling classes, the governing
classes and the officer classes will all reject Švejk. They
cannot control or predict his behaviour. He is not a sheep to
be led to the slaughter. He plays with them rather than they
play with all of us. I love Švejk and I love his attitude.
Long live Šveik, down with tyrants, even democratic
ones."
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