“A full ground war against the U.S.”

Posted by M on September 15, 2006
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Jon Stewart reports on a disaster that the Feds heroically averted.

1 Comment to “A full ground war against the U.S.”

  1. Great clip! I believe this quote is entirely pertinent:

    “The harm which is done by credulity in man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false beliefs. Habitual want of care about what I believe leads to habitual want of care in others about the truth of what is told to me. Men speak the truth to one another when each reveres the truth in his own mind and in the other’s mind; but how shall my friend revere the truth in my mind when I myself am careless about it, when I believe things because I want to believe them, and because they are comforting and pleasant? Will he not learn to cry, “Peace,” to me, when there is no peace? By such a course I shall surround myself with a thick atmosphere of falsehood and fraud, and in that I must live. It may matter little to me, in my cloud-castle of sweet illusions and darling lies; but it matters much to Man that I have made my neigbours ready to deceive. The credulous man is father to the liar and the cheat; he lives in the bosom of his family, and it is no marvel if he should become even as they are. So closely are our duties knit together, that whoso shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.”

    -W.k. Clifford from The Ethics of Belief, within Readings in the Philosophy Of Religion An Analytic Approach 2nd edition Baruch A. Brody

    Comment by josh — September 16, 2006 @ 11:18 pm

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