The catastrophically stupid assumption in Boyle’s op-ed is that recognizing acts as evil and trying to understand them are incompatible.
—Alan Jacobs.
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R. Scott Clark
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Which Boyle: Brendan, Francis, Lord Robert or A N Other? and where on the internet is this op-ed to be found?
I’m impressed that Alan wrote the words “catastrophically stupid” in public.
It’s here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/opinion/the-moral-hazard-of-calling-isis-a-cancer.html
Mike,
Thank you. I’m minded to agree with Jacobs.