02-01-2011, 10:27 PM
Phil Dragoo Wrote:[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]My two volume Oxford doesn't list mastermind; Merriam-Webster reports its first use as 1720 in my hard copy, 1872 online.
a person who supplies the directing or creative intelligence for a project
Thank you, Phil.
So Jim -- Since you steadfastly refuse to offer your definition of "mastermind" in this context, please tell us if you accept the M-W definition as proffered by Phil.
It works for me.
And I submit that it's PRECISELY how Nelson uses the word -- out of ignorance, arrogance, or something more sinister TBD.
So, pray tell: Based on all that you know, was Lyndon Baines Johnson the "directing or creative intelligence" of the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
If you think not, then why oh why can't you see the hostile intent ... the threat ... the disinformation ... the vaulting arrogance and/or ignorance inherent in Nelson's use of the word?
Charles
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Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene