http://www.hologramthoughts.com/2007/08/09/compassionate-business/ Because Ideas Last Forever Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:48:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.hologramthoughts.com/2007/08/09/compassionate-business/#comment-67 Emanuel Paparella Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:24:19 +0000 http://gracesingles.com/mw/?p=67#comment-67 Challenging and insightful musings, Matt. Thanks. Compassionate Capitalism sounds like an oxymoron but I will not judge a book by its title so I refrain from any comment on it, it may well be a paradox rather than an oxymoron; except to say that the track record of politicians who go around mouthing platitudes about "compassionate conservatism" is not very promising. That was one of President's Bush facile slogans of his 2000 campaign. The only ones who seem to have experienced his compassion in the last eight years are the rich, given that the gap between rich and poor has substantially widened during his presidency. But then again, a man who can come up with profundities such as: "If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure," can hardly be expected to know the difference between an oxymoron and a paradox. He may even confuse brotherhood and solidarity for Big Brother. Argumentum ad hominem? Perhaps, but irresistible! Challenging and insightful musings, Matt. Thanks. Compassionate Capitalism sounds like an oxymoron but I will not judge a book by its title so I refrain from any comment on it, it may well be a paradox rather than an oxymoron; except to say that the track record of politicians who go around mouthing platitudes about “compassionate conservatism” is not very promising. That was one of President’s Bush facile slogans of his 2000 campaign. The only ones who seem to have experienced his compassion in the last eight years are the rich, given that the gap between rich and poor has substantially widened during his presidency. But then again, a man who can come up with profundities such as: “If we don’t succeed we run the risk of failure,” can hardly be expected to know the difference between an oxymoron and a paradox. He may even confuse brotherhood and solidarity for Big Brother. Argumentum ad hominem? Perhaps, but irresistible!

]]> http://www.hologramthoughts.com/2007/08/09/compassionate-business/#comment-66 Yonga Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:38:00 +0000 http://gracesingles.com/mw/?p=67#comment-66 Hey Matt.<br/>I really enjoy reading your blog and created a link to this post on my own blog.<br/>I'll keep readin' you.<br/>All the best,<br/>Yonga Sun Hey Matt.
I really enjoy reading your blog and created a link to this post on my own blog.
I’ll keep readin’ you.
All the best,
Yonga Sun

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