I understand your point.
You could not have missed my point more completely. By any, ANY, statistical measure the results, both in Florida and nationally, fell WELL within the margin of statistical error. In effect, the result of the electoral collage and the popular vote is statistical noise. This does NOT preclude the fact that someone will eventually will win and it's unbelievable that you could read the opposite into my post. OF COURSE someone will win - in fact that is the ultimate and obvious foundation of my posts: we must all face the realization that one side will eventually be victorious and NOW is the time to form bridges to folks on the other side.
The remainder of your response falls squarely back into the camp of the national blame-a-thon, relying on the statistical noise to dissect supposedly nefarious motives of one side or another. Thus not only did you show a complete MISunderstanding of my post, but you then proceeded on to a display of precisely the sort of adolescent name-calling that my intentions were seeking to reconcile.
From the actions of the past week....
1. 'I don't think so' as a response to 'Why is Bush Trying to Steal the Presidency?' reveals NOTHING MORE than the responder's party affiliation PRIOR TO the election. Similarly, when I read the response 'Remarkable post' etc., the opinion reflects the same mindset: a response to a statement reflecting the pre-election stance of the poster and thus garners absolutely NO credibility.
2. My level of trust for EITHER SIDE has not changed ONE IOTA. Once again, if I read that someone's level of trust in Bush or Gore has changed of late, I read this NOTHING MORE THAN a function of the poster's party affiliation prior to the election.
I repeat from my original post - people on this thread continue to strive towards the self-serving and totally useless goal of proving how right they are. To better understand what is going on, and where to go from here (WITHOUT invoking additional issues...like how THE LAW is on one side or the other), I suggest we all spend 99% less time TALKING, and 100% more time LISTENING. Listening to those who disagree with us, that is. |
