Word: stupidity
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...want to die!" Knobloch would not die. At the most, he might get 15 years for kidnaping. But what of Dr. Linse? Five stiff U.S. notes of protest had brought only Red shrugs. The Reds had Dr. Linse and the West had only a stupid, repentant, petty criminal named Kurt Knobloch...
...This incident may have drastic international repercussions," commented a member of the Russian Research Center who asked that his name be withheld. He stressed that the United States was dealing with a "stupid enemy," and added, "These shootings may very well continue if the United States does not move quickly...
...something about freedom of speech, or freedom of the press. At first I used to try and explain that, compared with some of my friends who went north, the answer was definitely yes. Now, when I hear these questions, I would like to slap these people's stupid faces . . . Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of this, freedom of that. Here in Korea, now, such questions are idiotic. Freedom, my friend, is a very relative thing. Now we have a little-more than the Communists, but still not much. But we have enough to start with. Meantime...
...like to listen to it every day. It is marvelous, superhuman music. I always think with pride-perhaps it is naive of me-what marvelous things human beings can do! But I can't listen to music too often. It affects your nerves, makes you want to say stupid, nice things, and stroke the heads of people who could create such beauty while living in this vile hell. And now you mustn't stroke anyone's head-you might get your hand bitten off. You have to hit them on the head, without any mercy, although...
...called Communist fronts. Conant framed his answer in term of an "hypothetical professor," who "corresponds to a number of people I have known on a number of different university staffs, who might join a great many organizations and make statements which from any point of view are incredibly stupid and not likely to improve the cause of either peace or the security of the United states. It is quite easy for such people to be flittered by certain organizations. They are told they are great. Shall we say for the sake of argument, a great biologist or anatomist or anything...