On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 10:20:50PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This arguement is beneath you. The specific complaint about looting of > the museum has nothing to do with the legitimacy of the war. This is > not an either or question. One can rescue Iraqi children and protect > antiquites. That is precisely the point. The looting was an instance > of poor planning and Rumsfeld's response an example of the callousness > of the administration.
I think I first learned of this technique while reading Ender's Game. When a politician accomplishes something that most would consider worthwhile, they like to set up a false dichotomy such that the ONLY possible way the good they accomplished could have happened is the exact way they did it, no other way was possible, especially no BETTER way. You start with "it worked" and put the spin on it from there. The head of the flight school said something along these lines to Ender's teacher. (I might have that backwards) Since I read that years ago, I have frequently noted the technique being used by politicians. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
