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VMI77 wrote:

jerry_r60 wrote:

VMI77 wrote:

jerry_r60 wrote:It would be nice to be in a position to be able to stand by what you think without concern for consequences.

Actually, that "ability" is one of the big reasons the country is so screwed up....people doing what they think without any concern for the consequences...because for some people there are no consequences. Standing by something is easy and meaningless if there are no consequences. So, if this guy is really in the position to say and do what he wants without consequence there is actually nothing admirable about him at all in taking the position he has taken.

You taking a position and risking your job would be admirable. Him taking a position immune from consequence is not.

Again, not trying to defend his position but I think you've misunderstood my point. I didn't say his position or taking it were admirable. What I find admirable are the things he has done in his life to put in in the position that he can.

We may be talking across each other. What I'm getting at is that while it might personally be nice to be able to do whatever one wants without consequences, having people with such immunity is not necessarily good for everyone else. As far as this particular guy is concerned it may not matter very much, but Hillary Clinton is in such a position with dire ramifications for the country and the world.

VMI77 wrote:

jerry_r60 wrote:It would be nice to be in a position to be able to stand by what you think without concern for consequences.

Actually, that "ability" is one of the big reasons the country is so screwed up....people doing what they think without any concern for the consequences...because for some people there are no consequences. Standing by something is easy and meaningless if there are no consequences. So, if this guy is really in the position to say and do what he wants without consequence there is actually nothing admirable about him at all in taking the position he has taken.

You taking a position and risking your job would be admirable. Him taking a position immune from consequence is not.

Soccerdad1995 wrote:

jerry_r60 wrote:Well, I give the guy credit. He apparently is one of the preeminent Physicists in the world and a Nobel prize winner nearing the end of his career. He doesn't agree with how we think and he has gotten himself into a position in his life were he can pretty much say and do what he wants and if we don't like it, he can tell us all to .... or if that doesn't fly, fine with him, he can get a job somewhere else or retire.

I must say I have to give the guy credit that with hard work and intelligence, he's gotten himself into that position.

Funny. I am fairly accomplished in my career as well, but it never occurred to me that I can restrict the rights of others because I am good at my job.