Scapegoating is the lowest form of analysis, appealing to our basest emotions.
But mobs love it, and so it remains an attractive product.
And no, complexity is not simply an outcome of technology, although technology often reveals it and can help tame it.
Complex questions abound inside the Gap, no more or less than inside the Core. Complex answers are harder to sell, because solutions nowadays often come in clusters.
Still, whenever the going gets tough, count on the scapegoating.
There is no better hook than the pointed finger.
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Tonight on the 6:30 news there was a story about a dog mauling an illegal alien in, of all places, Princeton NJ.
It seems the locals are rooting for the dog.
Last week somebody living within an Orange County CA cul de sac of 12 houses, blamed illlegal aliens for the fact that 6 of the houses were for sale.
It like a National insanity
Lou Dobbs what have you wrought?
Posted by J Canepa | November 30, 2007 7:06 PM
I though of that teacher in Sudan when I read this. There was an editorial in the London Times the other day theorizing that the whole farce was an attempt by the Sudanese government to distract attention from domestic troubles. I'm cynical enough to believe it.
Speaking of Africa and cynicism, today's Times had an article on Zimbabwe. Is it my imagination, or is Mugabe turning into Kim Jong-Il with better hair and no nukes?:(
Posted by Michael | November 30, 2007 7:45 PM
As an addendum, I just found this article on BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7122007.stm
I wonder: who are the Chinese talking to in Sudan?
Posted by Michael | November 30, 2007 8:35 PM