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Orson Scott Card: "Realism" isn't realistic

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Posted by Mike 2005-11-09 05:59|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Excellent! This is a battle for minds, screw the hearts. And for those who don't get it, they are to be beaten back by whatever means necessary.

Posted by phil_b 2005-11-09 06:49|| 2005-11-09 06:49|| Front Page Top

#2 "[I]t is not 'peace' to postpone a war, or 'statesmanship' to end a war under such terms as to generate the next one."

That deserves a spot in Bartlett's.

Posted by eLarson 2005-11-09 08:33|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2005-11-09 08:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Bean for president!

Posted by Secret Master 2005-11-09 18:20|| 2005-11-09 18:20|| Front Page Top

#4 When you start to think, "Better the monster we know than the chaos we don't know," you are ready to go to Munich and return triumphantly with "peace in our time," which might, with luck, last as long as a year and a half.

I'll take this as confirmation that we are better off decapping corrupt governments like Iran and Sudan. The chaos that follows, however difficult to predict, will be easier to contain in that those who assume power will be less well connected and not as experienced.

Better the imp we do not know than the devil we do. Kim, Mugabe, Assad and all of their vile ilk satisfy this formula quite nicely.

Posted by Zenster 2005-11-09 19:21|| 2005-11-09 19:21|| Front Page Top

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