[lbo-talk] Benazir Bhutto reportedly assasinated in a suicide bomb attack

John Adams jadams01 at sprynet.com
Fri Dec 28 14:00:04 PST 2007


On Dec 28, 2007, at 1:18 PM, John Thornton wrote:


> Chuck wrote:
>> The murder of another human being does not bring me any joy, but
>> people
>> who are leaders of countries are not normal human beings in my book.
>
>
> This is very strange.
> What other people aren't "normal human beings"?

I don't like what I'm about to say, but: I think it's possible for people to become essentially weaponized. It's pretty damn rare--Chuck sees it everywhere, I don't--but some people are threats to humanity simply by means of their continued existence--Napoleon Bonaparte comes to mind.

John A



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