Crash and Burn

[William S. Lear]

On Sat, August 29, 1998 at 16:42:54 (-0700) Brad De Long writes:
>...
>>>WALTER RUSSELL MEAD, Council on Foreign Relations: ...
>>>                                             ... the panic of 1857 in
>>>the U.S. was really set off by the Indian mutiny. ...
>>
>>Damn those mutinous, ungrateful darkies!
>>
>>The spirit of imperialism still thrives in the CFR, even if Brad De
>>Long thinks this is a 17th century sort of thing...
>
>To say that the world financial panic of 1857 was set off by the Indian
>Mutiny is to make a statement of fact, not an expression of imperialism.
>
>Unless, perhaps, you are criticizing Mead's failure to use the term "Sepoy
>Rebellion" (which I prefer)?

You catch on real quick-like, yessir.

Bill