Thursday, March 19, 2009

Hear, hear ...

... this is sort of what I was trying to get at in that post last noght about the importance of reading: Guido Speaks.

Politicians should be well-read, cultivated, thoughtful, active in society and, ideally, they should write or translate poetry. Above all, they should be part-time.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous4:27 PM

    They should be amateurs, in the etymological sense. The opposite of the amateur isn't the professional but the mercenary. Politicians are, i fear, mercenaries.

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  2. Good point, elberry. And I fear you are right. The best thing that could happen in the world is for there to be a great revolt against - politics and politicians.

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