2 fellas I want coffee with

There are two new additions on my list of individuals with which I'd like to converse. No irony implied-I smile as I imagine the incredibly stimulating discussions we would have. The new adds are "Terror's Advocate" Jacques Vergès, legal representation to some of the more (perhaps) reprehensible characters in recent history, and influential author on psychology and behavior Burrhus Frederic (B.F.) Skinner. My current reading is a refutation of Skinner's behaviorism:



Skinner(below) and I would discuss ethics and morality, as well as love...and hair care products. From the above work, quoting Skinner:

"when two people meet,
one of them is nice to the other and that predisposes the other to be nice to him, and that makes him even more likely to be nice. It goes back and forth, and it may reach the point at which they are very highly disposed to do nice things to the other and not to hurt. And I suppose that is what would be called 'being in love.'"

What a guy!


Vergès and I would discuss the ethical/moral dilemmas criminal lawyers face. He would recount his experiences representing Pol Pot, Ayatollah Khomeini, and Klaus Barbie. From Barbet Schroeder's upcoming film "Terror's Advocate":

"I can't stand a man being humiliated even an enemy"-Jacques Vergès(below)



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