Thursday, October 27, 2011

"Every Generalization is the Root of All Racism"

That's a quote I heard on the BBC World Service this morning. From some South African politician. It's not nice to pick on people for little linguistic/conceptual feck-ups...but philosophers always find this sort of thing funny, and I can't help it.

3 Comments:

Blogger The Mystic said...

Philosophers ALWAYS find this sort of thing funny, you say?

I used to like this blog before it became part of the root of all racism.

3:27 PM  
Blogger Winston Smith said...

I am so ashamed...

6:37 PM  
Blogger lovable liberal said...

Don't worry, WS, all blog commenters want to score cheap rhetorical points, not contribute to a common search for truth.

Funny verification key: pundast

Which is what I've just done...

11:17 PM  

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