re: #147 Baier

Saying they are crazy lets them off the hook a bit, don’t you think?

Well, I’ve always thought that a good chunk of these fellows are simply low-grade neurotics or depressives taken in by intelligent, but unmedicated, paranoid schizophrenics. I don’t deny or discount that some of the leadership may be clearly and coldly rational in their actions, but playing with madness has the nasty effect of eventually making you stark raving mad.