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On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:22:49 -0500 Mark Lause <[email protected]> wrote: > But if we're all > agreed that Loughner is a disturbed person, the agreement takes us no > closer to understanding why he would turn to violence in a certain > time and space and circumstance.... Right. Why did Hurricane Katrina happen in 2005 and not 2004? Why did it hit New Orleans rather than Tampa? There are 'why' questions that have no answers, apart from very specific and path-dependent contingencies of the time and place and, in Loughner's case, person. -- -- Michael J. Smith [email protected] http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org http://www.cars-suck.org http://fakesprogress.blogspot.com ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
