As an era closes, conservative godfather William F. Buckley is interviewed by The New York Times. Snarky questions generate appropriately ascerbic replies.
You have made so many offensive comments over the years. Do you regret any of them?Posted by Alan at July 12, 2004 06:33 AMI regret all spontaneous exchanges, because they aren't as concise as you can make them deliberately. Charles de Gaulle used to memorize replies to anticipated questions from the press.
Do you regret saying that patients with AIDS should be tattooed on their backsides to identify them to potential bedmates?
If the protocol had been accepted, many who caught the infection unguardedly would be alive. Probably over a million.
You seem indifferent to suffering. Have you ever suffered yourself?
I do not advertise adversity and would certainly not talk about visits with psychiatrists or proctologists.
How is your health?
Infirm. Though nothing either terminal or unique.