[lbo-talk] Terrorism, the uncaused cause

[Michael Pollak]

[From www.ntk.net, the sarcastic brit-nerd newsletter.  Their comment on
Blair's crystalline logic follows his quote]

<quote>

Tony Blair at joint press conference with George Bush:

"What has caused the terrorist attack today in Turkey is not the President
of the United States, is not the alliance between America and Britain.
What is responsible for that terrorist attack is terrorism..."

         ...furthermore, it is precisely because we fear that which we

            fear - that we are afraid of it

<endquote>

So terrorism causes terrorism.  It's the uncaused cause, the ultimate
explanation, the god of our time.  I guess that's what they mean by
getting back to bsolute values.

Michael