Posted by David Bernstein: Chutzpah: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_01_25-2009_01_31.shtml#1233276932
The traditional definition of chutzpah is someone who murders his parents and then pleas for mercy because he is an orphan. I can't top that one, but here's one that comes close: being [1]Prime Minister of a country that has violently suppressed its Kurdish minority for decades, and, in an attempt to put down a violent rebellion by Kurdish "militants" in the 1990s, killed [2]an estimated 20,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands, [3]decrying Israel's military operations in Gaza as a "crime against humanity." References 1. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1060036.html 2. http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/turkey_background_kurds.htm 3. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1055194.html _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list Volokh@lists.powerblogs.com http://lists.powerblogs.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
