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Re: Right on the money
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:21:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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Some will be too quick to dismiss
this article as
farce, but the underlying story is worth reflection.
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You say “farce” like it’s a bad thing...
It’s farce all right, but farce based on the truth, and that’s the best (or
worst, depending on whose ox is being gored) kind.
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I was trying to preempt objections along the lines of “that’s ridiculous,
Hussein didn’t really say that.”
But you’re right--my phrasing was a little unclear, and I am in fact I’m all for
farce. So farce so good, I say.
Dave!
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| (...) You say "farce" like it's a bad thing... It's farce all right, but farce based on the truth, and that's the best (or worst, depending on whose ox is being gored) kind. Realpolitik is just a bad idea. Always was. Better to be principled even if (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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