'But you and all the kind of Christ
Are ignorant and brave,
And you have wars you hardly win
And souls you hardly save.'
The ballad of the white horse

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Dated

In a whim, I just took up Chesterton's 'The crimes of England'. For most of Chesterton's books, it was difficult to make out when they were written: the content is still applicable. Not so for the first chapter of this book: it is a serious discussion about England en Germany, with the sinking of the Lusitania in WO1 as an example.
In connection with this tragedy, Chesterton had the brilliantly simple argument that if you want to make an excuse, you should stick to one. If you make multiple excuses, each contradicting the other, your plausibility will suffer.

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