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misquote, was: Move to keep Analog Cell Phones

danny burstein

2005-08-10, 2:48 am

In <4zfKe.8358$p%3.35465@typhoon.sonic.net> John Navas < spamfilter0@navasgro
up.com> writes:

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>Usenet discussion is slowly but surely becoming an endangered species, thanks
>in large part to unchallenged rumormongers and childish bullies. "All that is
>necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke

With that "quotation" from Edmund Burke being a prime example
of such misinformation.

He never said (nor wrote) it.

One cite, among many others (including professional historians)

http://www.tartarus.org/~martin/essays/burkequote.html
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John Navas

2005-08-10, 5:48 am

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In < ddc2c0$7og$1@reader2
.panix.com> on Wed, 10 Aug 2005 05:12:32 +0000 (UTC),
danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:

>In <4zfKe.8358$p%3.35465@typhoon.sonic.net> John Navas < spamfilter0@navasgro
up.com> writes:
>
>[ snip ]
>
>
>With that "quotation" from Edmund Burke being a prime example
>of such misinformation.
>
>He never said (nor wrote) it.
>
>One cite, among many others (including professional historians)
>
> http://www.tartarus.org/~martin/essays/burkequote.html

Doesn't seem to be an authoritative source -- if you've actually got something
from "professional historians" then by all means post your citations.

Of note from that personal webpage:

Jesus's `give us this day our daily bread'

That quote actually comes from Matthew 6. Luke 11 is slightly different.
Since this isn't actual writing by Jesus, these aren't really better than
unverified accounts of what Burke said (theological arguments aside).

That said, what's most troubling about this site is that the "proof" boils
down to I-couldn't-find-it,-so-it-must-not-be-true, which doesn't really
qualify as scholarly research.

This isn't just a Web phenomenon (as your webpage suggests) -- it also appears
widely in books (which are presumably subject to a much more thorough vetting)
-- see <http://print.google.com/print?q=tri...evil+do-nothing>
In a quick review of the results, I could find no challenge to that quotation
-- can you?

p.s. Would you prefer: "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those
who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." -Albert
Einstein

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danny burstein

2005-08-10, 5:48 am

In <y%hKe.8381$p%3.35970@typhoon.sonic.net> John Navas < spamfilter0@navasgro
up.com> writes:

>p.s. Would you prefer: "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those
>who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." -Albert

How about : "we, the jurors, find the murderer not guilty"?
(referring to a famous case in Calif about a decade ago...)

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