Tom Delay "nasty, brutish and short". Discuss

[chaska]

A reference to Thomas Hobbes of course. A good one to stick him with? Tell me what you think? Is it insensitive to short people? It certainly applies to the kind of life he wants for the mojority of the American people.

I have to leave. I'll check back later. Thanks, ya'll.

[WildClarySage]

1. I bet his wife describes him that way.

[chaska]

2. From what I hear that's a good description for his wife too.

[chaska]

3. A brief refresher....

Man is not naturally good, Hobbes claimed, but naturally a selfish hedonist -- "of the voluntary acts of every man, the object is some good to himself". As human motives were, in their natural state, guided by unenlightened self-interest, these could, if left unchecked, have highly destructive consequences. Left unrestrained, humans, propelled by their internal dynamics, would crash against each other. Hobbes tried to envision what society would be like in a "state of nature" -- before any civil state or rule of law. His conclusion was despiriting: life would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short", a "war of every man against every man".

[UrbScotty]

4. In other news, the US has 50 states. (nt)