> From: Derek Thornton <lists@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: nuts or huts !
>
>> So, though an event might be distant in time
>> and space, if it is of sufficient magnitude and
>> has sufficient value significance to the individual
>> in question, it may be very important indeed.
>> This is why some people care about distant
>> events, and others don't.
>
> Richard Milhouse Nixon expressed a similar view
> but more concisely when he was warned by an
> aide one morning that the Italian Lira had taken
> a beating on the currency markets the day before.
>
> Nixon is on tape replying to that with:
> "Why should I care a f*** about the Lira?"
>
> Derek Thornton
>
GOOD CONCISE answer.
he probably has the same about the guys who began to impeach him, even if
they were certainly less distant from him.
but their "touch" was effective.
> Subject: Re: nuts or huts !
>
>> So, though an event might be distant in time
>> and space, if it is of sufficient magnitude and
>> has sufficient value significance to the individual
>> in question, it may be very important indeed.
>> This is why some people care about distant
>> events, and others don't.
>
> Richard Milhouse Nixon expressed a similar view
> but more concisely when he was warned by an
> aide one morning that the Italian Lira had taken
> a beating on the currency markets the day before.
>
> Nixon is on tape replying to that with:
> "Why should I care a f*** about the Lira?"
>
> Derek Thornton
>
GOOD CONCISE answer.
he probably has the same about the guys who began to impeach him, even if
they were certainly less distant from him.
but their "touch" was effective.