We see here the twin harlots of performative speech acts and wishful happythink.
And the line above it is even better:
Prosecutors find themselves faced with a difficult question: Where does delusion end and dishonesty begin?
Why can't we simply have simultaneously both?
""Statements of optimism about the future . . . that turn out to be wrong are simply not actionable," the company wrote. "Even in times of market turmoil, the company need not presume the worst about its market prospects.""
- E-mails inside AIG reveal executives struggling with growing crisis - washingtonpost.com (view on Google Sidewiki)
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