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> > I heard him recount this rather ruefully as an example of how we
> > practice self delusion.
 
> Probably a little bit of it going both ways...  For him to expect them
> to change over and agree with his perspective seems pretty wishful.

True.
He was younger then.
He is older and a bit more cynical now.

-- 
natsu-gusa ya  / tsuwamono-domo-ga / yume no ato
summer grasses / strong ones       / dreams site
 
Summer grasses,
All that remains
Of soldier's dreams
(Basho trans. Stryk)