[lit-ideas] Re: Fw: Re: Disbelief
- From: Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Paul)
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 20 Dec 2004 20:01:13 PST
For a good account of the Man of the Year designation and its sorrows, see
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/manyear.htm
'Though we spent hours debating the pros and cons of naming Osama bin Laden, it
ultimately became easy to dismiss him," said managing editor Jim Kelly. "He is
not a larger-than-life figure with broad historical sweep . . . he is smaller
than life, a garden-variety terrorist whose evil plan succeeded beyond his
highest hopes." '
Robert Paul
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