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Christian wrote:
> You exactly emphasized what I said in an earlier post when I
> discussed perception vs. fact. Fact will probably be judged
> at some later point, and it may well be in favor of the young
> Marine, stress, lack of judgement, influence of previous
> events, and so forth. I'm not willing to pre-empt a future
> assessment based on fact.
On a completely different subject, John Boggle, former CEO of Vanguard,
wrote in today's Wall Street Journal:
'As Demosthenes warned us two-and-a-half millennia ago, "Nothing is easier
than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be
true."'
I wonder if there's an MPE command to turn off self-deceit?
:ALTUSER @.HP3000L;CAP=-DS
Ray wrote:
> Along the same line, Ray very correctly (IMHO) wrote the following :
> "Everyone begins to condemn soldiers for acts of war instead of condemning
wars."
The two least preferable ways to solve a problem: war & litigation.
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