Today was a nadir in my ongoing interaction with people who are so stupid that they shouldn’t be allowed outside their houses. One way you can tell that someone knows he or she is wrong is when they frame your disagreement as illegitimate. Because I don’t think that Israel should unilaterally disarm, that means I…
On Forgiveness versus Revenge
September 21, 2013
I love the movie Murphy’s War, even though I hate the premise. Peter O’Toole plays Murphy, the only survivor of a British naval ship that a German U-boat sinks in the Orinoco River, probably in Venezuela. Murphy is the sole survivor because the Germans deliberately, methodically, and calmly kill all the sailors who go into…