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Entry: William F. Buckley Jr.-- R.I.P. Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/william_f_buckley_jr_rip#18348 Post contents: "I shall not make the mistake he made, and use an obituary to pick a quarrel, or settle an old score." Here, Mr. Raimondo has used an old rhetorical technique called "praeteritio." By drawing attention to the fact that he won't something, he mentions it anyway. So he has used this obituary to settle an old score, one concerning Buckley's obituary for Murray Rothbard. I read that obit, and, given the two men's differences, I find it within bounds. If you think that Rothbard was horribly mistaken, it is okay to say as much. If you think that Buckley was unjust, there is no reason to pussyfoot around it. The priest at my father's Requiem Mass pointed out that suffered from the vice of anger. Sent at: 2008 10 07