tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037809.post1017167757485304015..comments2023-10-29T08:05:44.436-05:00Comments on The Superfluous Man: Caring about the war is so 2008John Markleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473300745301705046noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037809.post-43215365410141802722009-09-10T14:19:04.136-05:002009-09-10T14:19:04.136-05:00There is a good Wikipedia page on something that I...There is a good Wikipedia page on something that I think has a lot to do with this behavior:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance<br /><br />BTW. The comment:<br /><br />"(I don't have the book in front of me, so I may have mixed up Eurasia and Eastasia. Which would be quite fitting, of course.)"<br /><br />Is worth it’s weight in gold. :-DRobin Enhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805818002598244030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037809.post-7522127339577406142009-09-09T22:52:19.449-05:002009-09-09T22:52:19.449-05:00Great post - well written and sums up a lot of my ...Great post - well written and sums up a lot of my thoughts on the whole thing.Rod Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00854929767518687026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037809.post-88554990032260423362009-09-09T10:35:31.260-05:002009-09-09T10:35:31.260-05:00Good post. Someone once summarized the left and wa...Good post. Someone once summarized the left and war by saying something like, "The left doesn't hate war. On the contrary, they only hate wars <i>that they're not in charge of</i>".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com