yes, he can, pedant. you can believe a lot of things, even the most outrageous things, things you know deep in your heart are a load of b.s. when the need to believe them is overwhelming. witness the careers of lenin, mussolini, and hitler and any number of the 20th century's lesser lights like peron.
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Ah, but he can't, as your next post shows so brilliantly.
I mean that he can persuade himself that the very lie he has told himself is true.
By the way, thanks for the link and the kind words on your fine weblog.
yes, he can, pedant. you can believe a lot of things, even the most outrageous things, things you know deep in your heart are a load of b.s. when the need to believe them is overwhelming. witness the careers of lenin, mussolini, and hitler and any number of the 20th century's lesser lights like peron.
How could anyone else know?
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