2005/05/16
'On Bullshit' by Harry G. Frankfurt
http://slate.msn.com/id/2114268/
How does bullshit differ from such precursors as humbug, poppycock, tommyrot, hooey, twaddle, balderdash, claptrap, palaver, hogwash, buncombe (or "bunk"), hokum, drivel, flapdoodle, bullpucky, and all the other pejoratives* favored by H.L. Mencken and his many imitators? The scholar who answers the question, "What is bullshit?" bids boldly to define the spirit of the present age.
'On Bullshit' by Harry G. Frankfurt
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