Tilting at Hypocrisy Windmills
It turns out that a lot of loudly pro environment Senators, etc. are against a windpower development at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/18/AR2006041801188.html
There is also the charge of hypocrisy being leveled against both U.S. Senators from Massachusetts (Kerry and Kennedy) since both Senators oppose the development.
Now, it may be that the reasons given for opposing the windpower development 8 miles off the Massachusetts coast are difficult to fathom (pun intended), for example the claim that it would hurt tourism to Nantucket. It may even be that Kerry and Kennedy don't believe their own claims (which would be hypocrisy).
However, neither Kerry nor Kennedy ever said, "I favor all windpower developments everywhere." Unless they have uttered a remark like this, the charge of hypocrisy merely for opposing the windpower development falls well short of being correct according to our definition.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Disturbing Picture raises Interesting Point
Today, there was an image of some Indonesians(presumably Muslims) burning an issue of Playboy magazine, while apparently staring at the centerfold. Scary yes but is it hypocrisy?
This may be another systematic class of exception to the general rule of "if you say to do something and don't want to do it yourself, then you are a hypocrite".
Images at:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2006/04/playboy-magazine-smash-in-indonesia.html
Incidentally, the images in the Indonesian version of Playboy were relatively tame (no nudity) and, in fact, less revealing than pictures widely available from Indonesian sources. Let's let that pass.
The question is are the people burning the issues of Playboy saying something that they don't believe or are they saying to do something they don't do.
Well certainly we can eliminate the second case because they are apparently saying, "burn Playboy" and they are actually burning Playboy.
The more interesting aspect is whether they secretly believe that Playboy should not be burned but are doing it anyway. If so, the normal answer would be that they are hypocrites but here maybe they are doing the burning under a type of religious coersion. If so, that is scary but probably should get a pass at being called hypocrisy.
Cher once sang a song, which, in the Chorus demonstrates a type of what might be called religious hypocrisy.
The song was called "Gypsies, Tramps and Fleas"
I was born in the wagon of a travelling show My momma used to dance for the money they'd throw Poppa would do whatever he could Preach a little gospel Sell a couple bottles of doctor good
Gypsies tramps and thieves
We'd hear it from the people of the town
They'd call us Gypsies tramps and thieves
But every night all the men would come around
And lay their money down
Picked up a boy just south of Mobile Gave him a ride filled him with a hot meal I was sixteen he was twenty one Rode with us to Memphis And poppa woulda shot him if he knew what he'd done
Gypsies tramps and thieves
We'd hear it from the people of the town
They'd call us Gypsies tramps and thieves
But every night all the men would come around
And lay their money down
Yip! Yahoo! She was born in the wagon of a travelling show Her momma had to dance for the money they'd throw Grandpa'd do whatever he could Preach a little gospel Sell a couple bottles of doctor good
Gypsies tramps and thieves
We'd hear it from the people of the town
They'd call us Gypsies tramps and thieves
But every night all the men would come around
And lay their money down
Today, there was an image of some Indonesians(presumably Muslims) burning an issue of Playboy magazine, while apparently staring at the centerfold. Scary yes but is it hypocrisy?
This may be another systematic class of exception to the general rule of "if you say to do something and don't want to do it yourself, then you are a hypocrite".
Images at:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2006/04/playboy-magazine-smash-in-indonesia.html
Incidentally, the images in the Indonesian version of Playboy were relatively tame (no nudity) and, in fact, less revealing than pictures widely available from Indonesian sources. Let's let that pass.
The question is are the people burning the issues of Playboy saying something that they don't believe or are they saying to do something they don't do.
Well certainly we can eliminate the second case because they are apparently saying, "burn Playboy" and they are actually burning Playboy.
The more interesting aspect is whether they secretly believe that Playboy should not be burned but are doing it anyway. If so, the normal answer would be that they are hypocrites but here maybe they are doing the burning under a type of religious coersion. If so, that is scary but probably should get a pass at being called hypocrisy.
Cher once sang a song, which, in the Chorus demonstrates a type of what might be called religious hypocrisy.
The song was called "Gypsies, Tramps and Fleas"
I was born in the wagon of a travelling show My momma used to dance for the money they'd throw Poppa would do whatever he could Preach a little gospel Sell a couple bottles of doctor good
Gypsies tramps and thieves
We'd hear it from the people of the town
They'd call us Gypsies tramps and thieves
But every night all the men would come around
And lay their money down
Picked up a boy just south of Mobile Gave him a ride filled him with a hot meal I was sixteen he was twenty one Rode with us to Memphis And poppa woulda shot him if he knew what he'd done
Gypsies tramps and thieves
We'd hear it from the people of the town
They'd call us Gypsies tramps and thieves
But every night all the men would come around
And lay their money down
Yip! Yahoo! She was born in the wagon of a travelling show Her momma had to dance for the money they'd throw Grandpa'd do whatever he could Preach a little gospel Sell a couple bottles of doctor good
Gypsies tramps and thieves
We'd hear it from the people of the town
They'd call us Gypsies tramps and thieves
But every night all the men would come around
And lay their money down
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