Comments on: Not all Black http://backofthebook.ca/2007/07/13/not-all-black/1088/ Politics, tech, media, culture and more, from a Canadian point-of-view Sat, 12 May 2012 22:58:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://backofthebook.ca/2007/07/13/not-all-black/1088/#comment-305 Anonymous Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:15:00 +0000 http://backofthebook.ca/2007/07/13/not-all-black/#comment-305 I'm going to disagree with you: in fact I take some small pleasure in the convictions registered against the fallen Baron. Black was not at all a "massive anarchic force", any more than he was a media giant. He is, and was, a petulant enfant terible, overly enamored of his own not inconsiderable intelligence, and above all else convinced of his god-like superiority over rules, legal or social. I believe hubris is the word. As Canadians, as consumers of news, as investors, we are well shut of him.<br /><br />Andy House <br />Victoria I’m going to disagree with you: in fact I take some small pleasure in the convictions registered against the fallen Baron. Black was not at all a “massive anarchic force”, any more than he was a media giant. He is, and was, a petulant enfant terible, overly enamored of his own not inconsiderable intelligence, and above all else convinced of his god-like superiority over rules, legal or social. I believe hubris is the word. As Canadians, as consumers of news, as investors, we are well shut of him.

Andy House
Victoria

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