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ZapaPaine

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Fri Jan-27-06 04:14 PM
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78. The myopic legends of heroes are hard to quash

Big Bill will forever be in the minds of his most ardent fans a god, incapable of wrong. Yes, he did wonderful things, and for the most part I liked him quite a bit, but he also is to blame, though not completely, for the effects of Iraqi sanctions. His fans will never accept this as true because heroes are impervious to mistakes and in the minds of fans gods can do no wrong. To accept that he was somehow responsible in so much death and suffering is to accept that they love a mass murderer. This human nature cannot allow fans to accept and so they will forever deny truth.

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