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To: Cogito who wrote (52690)	11/1/2006 8:51:12 PM
From: TimF	of 90947

Allen's repeated use of the word Macaca, and his comment "Welcome to America", left no room for doubt about his intentions. Repeated use? Even if it was repeated I don't see how that would leave no room for doubt. And I'm talking "reasonable doubt", not "absence of metaphysical certainty". I'm not so sure there is more room for doubt about Kerry's words and intentions than Allen's. It could even be argued there is less. But granting Kerry some benefit of the doubt that does exist - If he didn't mean to besmirch the troops he should directly apologize for accidentally doing so, not for how other people interpreted his words. Most of you seem to think that Kerry always acts in his own self interest. I don't think anyone always acts in their own self interest, or even in what they consider to be their own self interest. Many acts and statements occur without any calculation of self interest. The fact that the statement would not be in his self interest is something of an argument in favor of "he didn't really mean it that way" but a very weak one. Also see the bolded comment above.

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