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Originally posted by bilmore
That was my favorite paragraph. Start out with the thesis that a brave action is cowardly because being brave is the easy and expected way out, while being craven is hard because it exposes you to ridicule.
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Ty -- You should have known that a Dionne piece would not get you anywhere.
Bilmore -- That is a very interesting thesis to draw from an article that does not have that thesis at all.
Having read some pieces on both sides of this issue, I tend to think that you are being as selective in what you choose to believe as you accuse Ty of being.
You are apparently willing to concede, at most -- that Aznar may have spun the tragedy for political gain, but for some reason you keep saying that there is no way the Spanish voters could have known about that or been offended by that before the vote on Sunday!
Heck, I was reading stuff in the _American_ press suggesting al Qaeda involvement despite the denials of Spanish leaders before the vote on Sunday. (Including, I believe, quotes from Socialist legislators in Spain.) Why are you so sure this wasn't circulating around Spain then?
Moreover, I understand that -- contrary to false statements made by Ann Coulter (e.g.) -- the Spanish election was very close before the bombing. The PP, though favored, was hardly sailing to victory. Why dismiss the possibility that this flipped it?
S_A_M
