Wow, I haven’t posted in over a week. I guess things in Iraq have been too depressing to comment on; visit some of the sites to your left for all you could wish of that situation.
Just had to quote Colby Cosh on Svend Robinson, though:
Lord knows I’ve “snapped” and done some ill-advised things myself, but they don’t happen to include grand larceny. My basic attitude, and I believe the only attitude that is ultimately consonant with decent social order, is that felonies are not hard to avoid. A lot of people are mystified or outraged by this proposition.
While I’ve got to give him credit for owning up — finally, honesty in a politician &mdash his record of supporting tyrants (Castro), terrorists (Arafat) and totalitarianism at home (hate-crimes legislation) is not one with which I’m terribly impressed.
Exactly! It’s called, “Impulse Control.” We all have felonious urges, and while I can appreciate that “stress” could make one more likely to give in, it boils down to choosing the wrong over the right (or vice versa).
I have never been really terribly impressed by Mr. Robinson’s political views. He seems to view the world through a heavily tinted set of rose-coloured glasses. He sees the world as he thinks it should be, not as it is.
It’s interesting to see him on one hand acknowledging his “mistake” and on the other hand explaining why he couldn’t help himself.
Grrr!