W. I think was much more personally sensitive to issues of race but his partisanship and congress prevented him from doing anything good about. Can't let Katrina/New Orleans get a pass. Accidentally racist policy is still racist.
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I missed the reference. My nerd cred is wavering.
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It's a pretty obscure one and depending on your age, likely before your time. It's technically before my time but I read a lot of inappropriate books at a young age.
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so obscure it won't even be named in this thread apparently. I'm 1984 baby (hell of a year) so if it's 70s vintage there's like a 50% chance I would have read it as a tween. Guess I missed that one, whatever it is.
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Oh, sorry, thought you Googled it. Count Roldero is a character in Moorcock's "The Eternal Champion" who argues that you should judge people by the results of their actions and not their intentions.
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ah, a consequentialist. well, if I accidentally looked like a consequentialist for even a moment that is to my discredit and shame. no, what I mean is that abdication of responsibility gets distributed unevenly (as in Katrina aftermath) and the unevenness is revelatory.
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In any event, Moorcock is a trip and a half, and if you want to sit down, put on some Hawkwind, and read "The Eternal Champion" there are worse ways to burn a few hours.
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(If you've ever heard the song "Veteran of the Psychic Wars," by Blue Öyster Cult, it's basically an Eternal Champion story five minutes long. Michael Moorcock actually wrote the lyrics.)
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WOH I did not realize he was personally involved, that's awesome
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