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Bullshit. People need to sit down and be told they're being stupid. Being able to take it is another thing. Call him harsh, but the more I'm reading the more va
by socceroos 11y ago
Bullshit. People need to sit down and be told they're being stupid. Being able to take it is another thing. Call him harsh, but the more I'm reading the more valid his points seem to be.
If everyone else can't handle the truth then they're being fools. Is that true?
- peterfirefly 11y agoNow imagine a universe, a parallel universe, if you like, in which the Greeks were the stupid ones... > If everyone else can't handle the truth then they're being fools.
- socceroos 11y agoI assume you're referring to the situation that the Greeks have got themselves into in the first place? Take a step back, the idiocy of the past is history. There is the idiocy of the now to deal with.
- jevgeni 11y agoHe has some good economic arguments at best and only if you subscribe to the school of economic thought he adheres to. What I've seen of him, he is what the Germans would call a "Fachidiot" (something like "subject idiot" in English), someone who cannot see further than their own subject matter.
- peterfirefly 11y agoAs a native Dane with a decentish working knowledge of German, I'd say the Danish word "distanceblænder" ("distance blinder", "distance dazzler") is more fitting: Someone who (or something which) superficially dazzles with apparent qualities but on closer inspection disappoints utterly. http://ordnet.dk/ods/ordbog?query=distancebl%C3%A6nder http://ordnet.dk/ods/ordbog?query=distancebl%C3%A6nder (I agree completely with your description: some good arguments at best and then only if...)
- jevgeni 11y agoAwesome. Thank you for the cool word!