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To: Joseph Silent who wrote (93381)	8/12/2012 10:45:27 PM
From: bart13	1 Recommendation Respond to of 219592

If you asked me what sort of person would make a good statesman .... I would answer that it would have to be one who functioned purely in service mode for the people, and did absolutely nothing for his own benefit. I would like to believe Gandhi was like that. He said, "Be the change you want to see in this world." I do not ever recall him saying, "Change others to suit your view!" or "Develop a crooked tongue and make out like a bandit!". Some may say Churchill was a great statesman. Others will point out to his chemical bombing of the Kurds. It is often hard to know the truth even if you live with a person for a lifetime, though your best shot is through this intuitive knowledge. We're pretty much tracking on what a statesman is, roughly a political leader regarded as a disinterested promoter of the public good. And "public good" has been so politicized that only concepts from decades ago do it justice. Churchill probably qualifies too - no man is perfect. But compared to <insert favorite dictator or totalitarian>, the differences are super clear. It's very easy to get lost in the infinity of infinity valued logic, especially in a PR and propaganda world with lizard brains in charge.