On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 2:04 PM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 7:27 PM, Perelman, Michael <[email protected]> > wrote: > People still believe that Saddam is responsible for 9-11 & Obama is a >> Kenyan, or that climate change is a hoax. >> > > I don't think anyone actually believes these things. These are all > codewords. >
I can definitely attest, without any doubt, that some people believe the last one. As for Obama being a Kenyan, strictly speaking, he only was until he turned 23. http://www.factcheck.org/2008/08/obamas-kenyan-citizenship An Obama campaign Web site admitted that (while including a small technical error by FactCheck.org). https://web.archive.org/web/20090719100822/http://www.fightthesmears.com.php5-9.websitetestlink.com/articles/5/birthcertificate Today, I guess it's his business to define his identity however he wishes. Sad to see him run away from the African side of it, though. > Or maybe people are not so ignorant after all, by choosing not to vote. >> > > I have been trying very hard to understand the logic of this: why is > choosing not to vote a good strategy for anyone? > The obvious question isn't why not doing a thing is a strategy, but why doing it is. With exceptions, not doing things is the default course of action. -- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."
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