Re: An oasis on the moon?

From: Ool (ulrich.schreglmann_at_t-online.de)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:59:20 +0100

"Rand Simberg" <simberg.interglobal@org.trash> wrote in message news:422e3a42.985732288@newsgroups.bellsouth.net...
> On 27 Feb 2005 18:54:31 -0800, in a place far, far away, "Double-A"
> <double-a@hush.ai> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way
> as to indicate that:

>>Did Bush the first lie when he said, "Read my lips, no more taxes."?

> Of course not, unless he had no intention of keeping that pledge.
> There's no evidence to that effect. It was simply a broken promise.
> That's a bad thing (and he was punished for it), but it's not a "lie."
> People seem to have gone so nuts in their Bush hatred that they don't
> even know what the word "lie" means.

Well, calling him a liar would mean giving him the benefit of the
doubt. Calling him delusional is much more serious a condemnation.

Hitler, for instance, was delusional when he was talking about a Jew-
ish threat. He wasn't lying. He actually believed what he was say-
ing.

So calling people liars and hypocrites is much more tame than calling
them delusional and sociopaths. For the former there's hope. The
latter, however, are evil and can't even help it...

Personally I hope Bush is a liar. The alternative would be much
worse... 

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