tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378641028796404396.post4664763224582129157..comments2023-09-15T04:25:03.409-07:00Comments on More Second Thoughts: A special interviewJon Mendelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02842221456853513469noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378641028796404396.post-32382153850164828822007-03-26T19:42:00.000-07:002007-03-26T19:42:00.000-07:00The Value of One: Jon, I reflected on this theme o...The Value of One: Jon, I reflected on this theme on a MacMurchy blog entry; it might have been the post on Moderation. <BR/><BR/>The trick is to always keep before our thoughts the individual. It's so easy to be swept along with the dreaded group-think. Keeping an original thought is a challenge in our pundit-saturated age where there are more opinions than snowflakes in SD.<BR/><BR/>I have to remember this when gingerly traversing the crowded streets of San Francisco. It helps to engage the person sitting near on the BART; hear a few lines from their stories. All have a story; heart-rending and winsome. <BR/><BR/>Leadership in America during WWII must have closed their ears to the stories of the Sacred One and become paranoid over the faceless masses of Japanese; good citizens and neighbors and friends. <BR/><BR/>May history not repeat itself. careCarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01657741182785838330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378641028796404396.post-90358628450429131222007-03-25T09:20:00.000-07:002007-03-25T09:20:00.000-07:00Nice column, again. Following on your last piece ...Nice column, again. Following on your last piece on extremist TV news, I was reminded of Michelle Malkin's defense of WWII internment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Defense_of_Internment<BR/>She's a regular on FOX. I haven't read it, though, so it might not be as outrageous as it seems.Erdos56https://www.blogger.com/profile/04426474525236405685noreply@blogger.com