http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2009/01/03/one-must-think-of-the-final-result/ All Mickey, All the Time Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:38:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2009/01/03/one-must-think-of-the-final-result/#comment-100558 1 Boring Old Man » impossible situations… Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:21:28 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?p=2769#comment-100558 [...] There is, however, an exception. Recently, Bush and Cheney went on tour, talking about their Administration. Each defended their now unpopular positions by talking about how history would judge them. I thought about the Middle East and how lost it is in its history, or at least its own mythic version of history. On those few occasions when I’ve tried to talk to people who are personally involved on one side or the other, it felt like talking to a piece of granite unchanged by the millenia. I ended up being seen as either a zionist or an antisemite [as a matter of fact, that has happened even if I didn't talk about it]. Anyway [ever since yesterday], I’ve become a devoted Consequentialist [one must think of the final result…]. [...] [...] There is, however, an exception. Recently, Bush and Cheney went on tour, talking about their Administration. Each defended their now unpopular positions by talking about how history would judge them. I thought about the Middle East and how lost it is in its history, or at least its own mythic version of history. On those few occasions when I’ve tried to talk to people who are personally involved on one side or the other, it felt like talking to a piece of granite unchanged by the millenia. I ended up being seen as either a zionist or an antisemite [as a matter of fact, that has happened even if I didn't talk about it]. Anyway [ever since yesterday], I’ve become a devoted Consequentialist [one must think of the final result…]. [...]

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