On 3 Mar 2004, at 08:45, Niall O Broin wrote:
> But [esr] sometimes writes a lot of sense. Reminds me of Kevin Myers
> in that way - sometimes massively irritating, sometimes right on the
> money.
I don't know. I used to think so, but lately I've been looking at his
work with a more sophisticated and critical eye, and I now see less
insight, more ego-massage and more plain old wishful thinking. Much of
the problem with his newer work is basically that he's blinded by his
gun-totin'-libertarian ideas, and nothing is allowed to intrude which
might present any contrary evidence. When he refrains *entirely* from
amateur anthropologism, his technical observations can be astute (but
not exceptional), and these days it's getting harder to separate
Eric-the-sensible-advocate from Eric-the-loony-gun-nut.
Colm
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