when mitt romney initiated the rescue of some drowning boaters, massachusetts politicians practically called it an act of treason:
"what?! he was where?! why wasn't he in his office? Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?"
this is--pretty clearly--slander.
its fine to disagree with people. for example, the conservative governor of massachusetts and some liberal state congresspeople disagree. unfortunately, it will take someone a little smarter than the governor's detractors to respect the man for who he is, while disagreeing with his politics.
let the wisdom of hume be thy reprimand, o ye foul liberals:
It seldom happens, that we do not think an enemy vicious, and can distinguish between his opposition to our interest and real villainy or baseness. But this hinders not, but that the sentiments are, in themselves, distinct; and a man of temper and judgment may preserve himself from these illusions. In like manner, though, it is certain a musical voice is nothing but one that naturally gives a particular kind of pleasure; yet it is difficult for a man to be sensible, that the voice of an enemy is agreeable, or to allow it to be musical. But a person of a fine ear, who has the command of himself, can separate these feelings, and give praise to what deserves it. --from the treatise on human nature
BTW, if romney's rescue had taken place before jon krakauer's under the banner of heaven had gone to press, the author might have found a way to cast the heroic act in an unfavorable light and put it in his book, along with all of his other historical revisions.
read the response from the lds church to krakauer's drivel.
Posted by travis at July 11, 2003 04:20 AM | TrackBack