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To: Wordsmith
drop this sentence in to kick off the very last paragraph. If you anywise his other articles on this dimension, you'll find consistency; that is his writing style.

He first not only presents --- he tries to overwhelm you with factual detail in order to establish his credibility. This always includes irrelevant and unnecessary information: witness the long list of our airplanes. Like a child, he tries to impress adults: "Look, I read the sentence to the very end; I know ALL of our airplanes."

Having lulled the reader, he then plugs in, in one short sentence, an idea that requires a great deal of justification and refinement. When justifying crusades, for instance, he lists some detailed information, and then says, "It was a just war. So was WWII" --- and moves on! I'd think any parallels between crusades and WWII are far from obvious.

His knowledge of history is like an uncooked stew: plenty of ingredients that have not come together. And his writing style reveals him for what he is -- a cheap, hateful provocateur.

28 posted on 04/02/2003 4:14:51 PM PST by TopQuark
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To: TopQuark
Thanks, I didn't know it was a habit of his. You're right, you can learn a lot about how someone thinks by analyzing their writing style.
33 posted on 04/02/2003 4:21:10 PM PST by Wordsmith
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