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So odd, in fact, that you might have given some thought to the possibility that you had misunderstood the point. Notice the use of the phrases 'whatever they pe
by mannykannot 8y ago
So odd, in fact, that you might have given some thought to the possibility that you had misunderstood the point. Notice the use of the phrases 'whatever they perceive', 'other people', and the fact that this is in response to a post about a particular way of approaching issues.
Contrast Heinlein's cavalier and hypothetical invocation of the necessity for making hard decisions to Admiral Nimitz's anguish over the burden of having to do so in real life, as revealed in a comment to Frank Capra, quoted in this post:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18237374#18247358 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18237374#18247358
- jplayer01 8y ago>Such people are very helpful for the likes of Torquemada, Hitler and Stalin. Such people weren't in the US government? You remember all the American rah-rah-rah bullshit?
- mannykannot 8y agoI have no idea why you think the US government, specifically, is somehow the basis for a counter-argument.