Mark Steyn: Regulatory despotism

[Oakman]

Rob Graham wrote:

Is he arguing for the return of benevolent despotism?

Maybe Jeffersonianism?

Rob Graham wrote:

ludicrous aphorisms and morality plays as if they had some actual utility

They do. They give Troy a vocabulary to use when he's not just cut and pasting his insults.

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin

[Rob Graham]

Oakman wrote:

They give Troy a vocabulary to use when he's not just cut and pasting his insults.

I didn't see any instances of "fool" or "liar" in that document.

[Oakman]

Rob Graham wrote:

I didn't see any instances of "fool" or "liar" in that document.

Y'know, it's been 30 years since MASH debuted on TV. While it's anti-war message was ham-fisted at times, I often enjoyed the show and could recognize most of the characters on it as slightly exaggerated versions of of guys I had bumped into in the service - except for Clinger who would have been in the Navy, not the Army ;) , and Frank Burns. He was just too far over the top, I thought, to be believable - although he was funny. These days, even though I still question whether a forward surgeon would have been tolerated if he was as incompetent, unthinking, and irritating as Burns, it has become clear that I was wrong about dismissing the character as totally unreal. Troy is very definitely our Frank Burns.

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin

[Gary Kirkham]

Oakman wrote:

Troy is very definitely our Frank Burns.

So who is "Hot Lips" in this scenario? :)

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[Oakman]

Gary Kirkham wrote:

So who is "Hot Lips" in this scenario?

Well, Father Mulcahey, I'm not sure you should be thinking about that. ;)

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin

[Ilion]

Rob Graham wrote:

Does a rock have the "will to resist" erosion by the steady drip of falling water? Steyn babbles again.

You're a fool. You *choose* to be a fool.

[Ilion]

Gary Kirkham wrote:

So who is "Hot Lips" in this scenario? :)

I think we all know who *wants* to be!

[Rob Graham]

Beats the heck out of choosing to be a jerk, like you do.

[Rob Graham]

Do you have even an inkling of how thoroughly despised you are?

[Oakman]

Ilíon wrote:

I think we all know who *wants* to be!

Troy, you can't be doublecast. I'm sorry.

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin