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this the new standard? You are judged but everything you believed while you were in high school? Does it really need to pointed out that we didn't "know" a half (quarter...eighth) of what we thought we knew in high school. Was I the only one trying to figure out who I was in high school? I don't think I figured it out until I was 22.
I do remember being firmly on the side of free trade and upset that my anti-free trade friends could vote and I couldn't. Maybe I wasn't completely lost.
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This is intellectual wankerism. Pure and simple. You judge someone on the totality of their life and work, not on some isolated period of their development.
Posted by Greg | April 8, 2006 10:14 AM
Posted on April 8, 2006 10:14
It’s not fair, I agree.
But it does shed some more light on why Trudeau took a pass in terms of service overseas during the Second World War. Because whatever else one can say about the man, he was no shrinking violet.
Posted by Ben (The Tiger in Exile) | April 8, 2006 10:17 AM
Posted on April 8, 2006 10:17
This is the new reality, I’m afraid. Anything you said and anything you did is ready to come back to haunt you whenever you become famous.
I’m rather fortunate that I managed to keep a fairly even keel on the newsgroups during my university days, and my high school record is nowhere to be seen. Even so, anybody looking at my posts from the mid 1990s may find a nugget or two to embarrass me during a political campaign.
Posted by James Bow | April 9, 2006 9:58 AM
Posted on April 9, 2006 09:58
I think it is important historically to note how our political leaders evolved as individuals. That is why I like reading autobiographies.
As for your highschool thoughts, I felt the same way in 1988. Too bad you took it to the point of becoming a Conservative! :)
Posted by Jason Cherniak | April 10, 2006 12:54 PM
Posted on April 10, 2006 12:54
Former fighter pilot George W Bush might commiserate with Trudeau. But, it seems there are a lot of wankers out there.
Posted by lrC | April 10, 2006 3:25 PM
Posted on April 10, 2006 15:25
Was this before or after Trudeau was a member of the NDP?
Seems like he tested a number of political stances for a good fit before deciding on the Liberal party.
If we measured all adults by the teenage past, we would have respect for very few people. I bet even Jesus occasionally made a mistake as a teen; ever wonder why his childhood is documented so thoroughly, but his story then disappears from the Bible until he’s 30? :P
Posted by Anonymous | April 10, 2006 9:39 PM
Posted on April 10, 2006 21:39