[BITList] Niall Ferguson

[HUGH]

Colin,

As in the case you highlight, being Scottish doesn't debar you from being an idiot.  Fergusson and the other idiot, he who is Romney's "running mate", are probably psychopaths, ie, for all their gloss of civilised behaviour and bonhomie, they are unable to comprehend the effects of their beliefs and actions on others. It's a known clinical condition - children who pull the heads off animals and birds for kicks suffer from a form of it. Hitler and Stalin were similar - the fact that they were stark staring lunatics didn't emerge till too late. And the fact that these people are listened to and actually given power appals me.

Hugh.
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