That piece moved beyond the excellent, Gerard.

Profound truth, eloquently wrapped up.

How true.
What I heard today were people popping open champagne to 'celebrate history', and people saying that they couldn't find copies of our local rag to save, as apparently all the copies had been bought up.
It all smacked to me of people wanting to be a part of a 'happening' to be able say "I voted for and helped elect the first African American President" and have the tokens and mementos to brag about it with.
So many made the 'cool' choice, to show that they weren't racists, to give themselves yet another moral chit to put into the Bank of I'm Better Than You.
Fucking lemmings will drag us all over the cliff with them.

This is why I keep friends who follow a stated opinion with the words proudly stated: "and here's why:"

The "here's why" always elucidates the reason for holding that opinion and moves the discussion, correctly, from the naked opinion to the independent reasoning behind it.

I think that's the mark of an "original opinion" that Twain referred to. I'll try to use that more often in my blog comments...

That's the problem with feeling as opposed to thinking.
Feeling is almost always based on having a warm and fuzzy about something, whereas thinking can be quite painful if done correctly.

Years ago, Brother Dave Gardner said "People ask me, 'Don't you have to watch what you say', and I say, 'No, I just watch what I think.'"

what is twain's thesis

The Mark Twain House museum at Nook Farm, in Hartford, a couple of blocks away from me, is sponsoring a lecture series--speakers so far: Michael Moore and Juan Williams. I e-mailed to suggest that they get a couple of dignitaries whose work Twain would be more likely to appreciate: Ann Coulter and Mark Steyn.No response, and I expect Hell to freeze over before they take me up on it.

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