[Noisebridge-discuss] Consensus and the "old ways".

Sai Emrys noisebridge at saizai.com
Sat Oct 3 03:00:42 UTC 2009


P.S.:

Imagine Hamish McDonald, a Scotsman, sitting down with his Glasgow
Morning Herald and seeing an article about how the "Brighton Sex
Maniac Strikes Again." Hamish is shocked and declares that "No
Scotsman would do such a thing." The next day he sits down to read his
Glasgow Morning Herald again and this time finds an article about an
Aberdeen man whose brutal actions make the Brighton sex maniac seem
almost gentlemanly. This fact shows that Hamish was wrong in his
opinion but is he going to admit this? Not likely. This time he says,
"No *true* Scotsman would do such a thing."
    —Antony Flew, Thinking About Thinking (1975)



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