On 4/19/2012 1:41 PM, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:04:15 -0600 > Jason Van Patten<[email protected]> wrote: > >>> "Extremism in defense of [vim] is no vice, moderation in the >>> pursuit of justice is no virtue." -- Malcolm X >> vimist -- Barry Goldwater > Karl Hess, actually. He was Barry Goldwater's speech writer and a > campaign advisor. > > But Stuart's mis-attribution is not all that far off. I think had Barry > Goldwater and Malcolm X sat down over a cup of tea, they might have > agreed on much. > Well if you really want to turn back the clock you could go back to Marcus Tullius Cicero, but lets face it "history is written by the victors" -- Winston Churchill.
So it's entirely plausible that the entire concept of citing sources only engenders a self gratifying view of history and not on solid reasoning. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
