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No, I'm dismissing it based on content. And the war didn't "happen", it was all actions of people. One element of it was Colin Powell sweating as he made his bu
by thinkfurther 9y ago
No, I'm dismissing it based on content. And the war didn't "happen", it was all actions of people. One element of it was Colin Powell sweating as he made his bullshit WMD presentation in front of the UN. Anyone with half a brain and half a gut would have seen all that crap for what it is.
It's great he's such a great guy within the larger context of being a shitty guy, but that's like being a very good doctor on the Titanic -- you'd save more lives by telling people to not go on that ship.
> It isn't all trite militaristic BS.
Wait, so I'm supposed to judge the article based on a book? Gift it to me and I'll read it. Otherwise, nah.
- damnfine 9y agoIf we wrote off every great thinker who also thought or did 'bad stuff', we would be quite poor technologically and philisophically. Think further man.
- thinkfurther 9y agoNothing that makes sense in what he says I haven't heard put better by better people, who don't apply it in such a limited way. Oh, and then there's people dismissing something just because Einstein said it, too. That's dismissing something because of someone being too good.