From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Thu Feb 20 2003 - 14:20:29 MST
Hubert Mania wrote:
> These things develop their own momentum.
Yes they do. In multiple dimensions; I could probably rattle off seven or eight
off the top of my head. I would also remark that there are sheaves of combinatorics
that make it very hard for *any* analyst, of *any* temperament, to get the whole
picture; and that there are selection pressures in the human intellect that are
typically denied by most people who think they think well--on any side of an argument.
Justification is not explanation--but it serves politicians, take-to-the-streeters,
tv-watchers and historians equally well. And it's a gift that keeps on giving.
> Though Saddam can by no means pee
> at any WASP snow white garden fence in Washington or even San Francisco,
An interesting claim, and rather bold, I think.
Filtering out the pejoratives, this appears to be a claim based on no evidence.
How does one prove that someone can "by no means" do something to "any"
something-else, apart from physical impossibilities like creating a square triangle?
How does one falsify the claim?
As far as /I/ can tell, anyone with a few tens of thousands of dollars, a little
counter-profile schooling, a bit of patient persistence and an IQ over 90 has
a fair chance at peeing on *somebody's* fence, anywhere in the world--and I don't
discount the people who don't meet all of *those* criteria. Especially if they
don't care about getting out. Tell me where I'm wrong, here.
Not a wasp, have a garden (in need of work), no fence,
MMB
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