--- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 10:20:50PM -0400, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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]>
No, it's about perspective. In the Second World War we blew the hell out of Monte Cassino - for no good reason at all. In the view of the people making this argument, I suppose that makes Franklin Roosevelt a barbarian who plundered the cultural heritage of Italy. Shame on everyone who spent time on this - myself included for wasting time and energy on such a trivial issue. Of all the things that happened in Baghdad for the last year, the theft (that may or may not have happened) of 33 artifacts is surely far down the list of importance. The only reason this is an issue is an attempt by the defenders of Saddam to trump up something, anything, to hide the catastrophic failure of their beliefs. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
