The Secret Of Berlusconi’s Success
“The Secret Of Berlusconi’s Success”
Silvio Berlusconi’s opponents cannot admit that his success may be due not to sinister trickery, but to his greater popularity – an article by Filippo Facci available on The Guardian’s website.
Maurizio - Omnologos 
In a democratic system popularity is not a cause of success, it’s it’s definition. In turn, the cause of Berlusconi’s popularity _is_ sinister trickery, coupled with a typically Italian propensity of the voters to accept self-evident scoundrels as rulers as long as they appear to deliver some short-term benefit…
Enzo Michelangeli
2009/Aug/01 at 00:40:24
but yours is a non-sequitur, as any argument against it could be answered by you as yet another example of “sinister trickery”…
omnologos
2009/Aug/01 at 05:40:41
Non-sequitur? I didn’t state any logical implication: sequitur, unde?
Anyway, on which basis do you assume that ‘any argument against it could be answered by you as yet another example of “sinister trickery”’? Try me 🙂
Enzo Michelangeli
2009/Aug/01 at 06:54:49
Hey, just want to drop a note and tell you great post!
tim
2010/Feb/17 at 08:34:50