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drums of death Irony is for suckers What gives you the right to fuck with our lives: C... i could be wrong, could be wrong What gives you the right to fuck with our lives: C... What gives you the right to fuck with our lives: C... What gives you the right to fuck with our lives: CLXX all the things she said, running through my head if you're a wizard, why do you wear glasses go on and get me another roll of pills Tuesday, January 30, 2007
you got it all wrong, no you got it all wrong:
Perhaps you remember this classic Logic 101 fallacy:
1. All men are mortalNow, turn your attention to Alvin H. Rosenfeld's new essay for the American Jewish Committee, 'Progressive' Jewish Thought and the New Anti-Semetism: The Israel that emerges in Radicals, Rabbis and Peacemakers -- a country characterized as "amoral," "barbaric," "brutal," "destructive," "fascistic," "oppressive," "racist," "sordid," and "uncivilized" -- is indistinguishable from the despised country regularly denounced by the most impassioned anti-semites.I'm going to spend the rest of my night watching Veronica Mars, so more on this vile essay later. UPDATE: This post has been corrected. Initially, I erroneously wrote that David Harris, who wrote the introduction, wrote the whole essay. My apologies. --Spencer Ackerman
Speaking of bad arguments, a friend of mine wrote me this little note earlier today: |