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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (10605)	2/2/2006 8:51:31 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) of 541777

Life is not all about being right - technically. Getting it technically right matters because clear thinking matters. When we finally give up the ghost on clear thinking, we're doomed. There is a difference between "I'm taking something away from her" and "I'm not giving as much as we used to." Taking something away from someone is obviously wrong. Perhaps those who claim it is taking something away subconsciously spin it that way because they are factoring in their value that it's wrong, as well, to not give as much as before. There's an obvious case to be made for it being wrong. The flip side of subconsciously factoring in that value is that you infer that the people who point out that it's giving less rather than taking away do not share your value that it's wrong, which may be invalid. IMO, if you want to make that case, then make it directly, don't twist it into something that it's not. Spinning it is either dishonest or inept and it contributes to the general dumbing down and partisanship that passes for political discourse today. Let Coulter do that if she wants to but do the rest of us have to emulate her?

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