It's Not The Crime, It's The Cover-Up
Branford College Master Steven Smith apparently whacked some freshman in JE with a wiffleball bat when said JE freshman was pulling a prank in the Branford courtyard. Yeah, whatever, he's an inhuman monster.
But get a load of Smith's excuse:
In this instance I allowed my anger -- thymos in Platonic terms -- to get the better of me.It's talk like that wot leads to abominations like this.
posted by Finnegan @ 7:29 PM
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4 Comments:
θυμός doesn't mean anger. Not even close. It's an impossible word to translate into English but if anything, it means appetite or compulsion or Id. Generally, when someone's θυμός starts talking to him, it means he's going to start acting like an asshole. Greeks didn't have "anger issues", they were just impulsive and in touch with their inner beasts. But that doesn't sound quite as exculpatory, does it?
Now that's funny
what an abomination! thank you for teaching me of this abomination! master smith speaks language that is an abomination and leads to further abomination! most people are dumb and don't realize what a phony master smith is. (he thinks he's a philosopher just because he references plato! wrongly!) you teach them that he is an abomination and set them right!
jeremy are you going to "say a bit more" or no
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