Nothing is so good at getting my little eyes rolling as a pompous and silly editorial from Thomas Friedman, who now blames quiet young people for ineffective response to the policies supported by loudmouths like---for instance---Thomas Friedman. The Iraq war he so fervently championed in 2003 has already added nearly half a trillion dollars to the national debt he now laments, with no end in sight: should Uni students have burned down a few buildings in protest, instead of discussing the war reasonably, the way they did 4 years ago? The global trade he so tirelessly advocates pours countless tons of carbon into the air, contributing to the environmental catastrophe he wants everyone to get worked up over. I don't follow: is it the fault of Generation Q that they can't shout loudly enough to stop him from being wrong?
If he wants to improve things, maybe he could apoligize and sit in silence for a few years, so that quiet people with real ideas could find their voices.
For those of you into Friendman trivia, be aware of the famous "Friedman Unit," a unit of time equal to six months, named in honor of his assertions, repeated more than a dozen times over a period exceeding two years, that "the next six months" will be decisive in the outcome of the war in Iraq. Many more Friedman Units will elapse before we see this promised decisive outcome.
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Nothing is so good at getting my little eyes rolling as a pompous and silly editorial from Thomas Friedman, who now blames quiet young people for ineffective response to the policies supported by loudmouths like---for instance---Thomas Friedman. The Iraq war he so fervently championed in 2003 has already added nearly half a trillion dollars to the national debt he now laments, with no end in sight: should Uni students have burned down a few buildings in protest, instead of discussing the war reasonably, the way they did 4 years ago? The global trade he so tirelessly advocates pours countless tons of carbon into the air, contributing to the environmental catastrophe he wants everyone to get worked up over. I don't follow: is it the fault of Generation Q that they can't shout loudly enough to stop him from being wrong?
If he wants to improve things, maybe he could apoligize and sit in silence for a few years, so that quiet people with real ideas could find their voices.
For those of you into Friendman trivia, be aware of the famous "Friedman Unit," a unit of time equal to six months, named in honor of his assertions, repeated more than a dozen times over a period exceeding two years, that "the next six months" will be decisive in the outcome of the war in Iraq. Many more Friedman Units will elapse before we see this promised decisive outcome.