10 Which is merely a preposterous game of international achicken invented by the corrupt idiots who run our bmilitary cindustrial complex."
11 But before Harry could utter even a single word, the other man also called him by name, saying, "I too know of you, and am confident that you will explain to this nincompoop that the dOthers of which he is so fond are no better than we are,
12 e"And are not always right about everything,
13 "And are not the helpless victims of absurd macho posturing between the fMost Chosen Nation on Earth and the gMost Chosen Totalitarian Empire on Earth."
14 Thereupon did Harry sign to the cameraman to make sure that the event was being recorded,
15 And moved to join the two men at their table, saying, Indeed, I have it in mind that both of you are right in every particular, and I could not hope to find two gentlemen of greater perspicacity about international affairs.
16 For the only test of truth lies in the heart,
17 Where we feel what is so,
18 hAnd know from birth to trust our own most fleeting and insubstantial opinions,
19 No matter how little we have thought about them,
20 Or how little information we can claim to possess.
21 But we court trouble when we seek to ferret out the contradictions,
22 And enforce upon ourselves and others a consistency that is not found in our hearts,
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23 And not possible in the universe we inhabit.
24 If we would bind others to a consistency that we invent on the spur of the moment to make ourselves feel better,
25 That is altogether fine and appropriate,
26 iOr there would be no excuse for the arrogance of lawyers.
27 But if we start believing that there is some great universal consistency that must bind ourselves as well as others,
28 jThen we risk becoming imprisoned in a continuing thought process that may require us to change our minds continuously,
29 And to keep thinking continuously,
30 And to keep learning continuously,
31 And even to make a practice of challenging our most deeply rooted and unexamined kassumptions,
32 When all we really want is the comfort of feeling superior to the idiot who is trying to argue against one or more of our lunsubstantiated notions.
33 I say to you, the only defense against this infernal circle of thought and learning and analysis is the mTruth of Harry,
34 Which is that there are no contradictions.
35 nLet me repeat this: There are no contradictions.
36 If one of you believes that every ill on this planet is traceable to the conspiracies of the ogodless communist totalitarians, including all the ills afflicting the Most Chosen Nation on Earth and even the ills endured by the spineless Others, then that is truth,
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