Pathos, Bathos and a Joke in Episode 3
They [Strathclyde University researchers led by Prof. Tim Bedford] found that although most of the missions failed to meet their original objectives, they could still be seen as strategic successes because of unplanned or unforeseen consequences. Researchers noted that despite Columbus's failure to reach Asia, his planned destination, he did discover America instead. Even the ill-fated Darien expedition in which hundreds of Scots died while trying to establish a colony in what is now Panama, helped lead to the foundation of the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1727.
-- Chris Watt, The Herald, 6th October 2008
I'm looking forward to the Tim Bedford book that uses the same logic to explain how the Dubya Administration was, in fact, good for us. Maybe I'll write a Lemmish review of it myself for Blog In The Future. Chapter 1, How McCain Didn't Become President and Bomb Russia.
-- Chris Watt, The Herald, 6th October 2008
I'm looking forward to the Tim Bedford book that uses the same logic to explain how the Dubya Administration was, in fact, good for us. Maybe I'll write a Lemmish review of it myself for Blog In The Future. Chapter 1, How McCain Didn't Become President and Bomb Russia.