Mark Steyn pokes fun at the tendency of prominent Democrats to cite generic African proverbs, and in the end he takes a jab at Al Gore:
While I'm tempted to point out that going far quickly together would likely produce immense greenhouse has emissions and leave it at that, a closer reading of Gore's quote has some rather disturbing implications. You can move most quickly on your own once you have decided upon a course of action because you naturally go where you decide to go without needing to expend energy to make sure everyone else stays in line. You can go far in a large group because there's strength in numbers. Gore wants the best of both worlds: having large numbers of people embark on a quest to end global warming with the focus and resoluteness of purpose of an individual. The only way to achieve this is for the group to completely submit its will to the individual who decides where to go and how to get there. In other words, Al Gore wants the world (ultimately) to blindly submit to his will in an effort to combat global warming.
"There's an African proverb that says, 'If you want to go quick, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.' We have to go far quickly," former Vice President Al Gore told a packed, rapt house at the Benedict Music Tent Wednesday. With many scientists pointing to a window of less than 10 years to moderate the effects of global warming, he said, meaningful change is still possible, but "It is a race."
While I'm tempted to point out that going far quickly together would likely produce immense greenhouse has emissions and leave it at that, a closer reading of Gore's quote has some rather disturbing implications. You can move most quickly on your own once you have decided upon a course of action because you naturally go where you decide to go without needing to expend energy to make sure everyone else stays in line. You can go far in a large group because there's strength in numbers. Gore wants the best of both worlds: having large numbers of people embark on a quest to end global warming with the focus and resoluteness of purpose of an individual. The only way to achieve this is for the group to completely submit its will to the individual who decides where to go and how to get there. In other words, Al Gore wants the world (ultimately) to blindly submit to his will in an effort to combat global warming.
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