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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: epicure who wrote (17328)6/25/2001 3:22:28 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
All it takes is effective demagoguery and humans to listen to it.
They're already listening:
Message 15989310

And it's true that many issues are capable of being turned into bloodbaths, but some are much more likely to have that outcome. These are issues with a strong moral dimension and differing strongly held beliefs about that moral question. That makes it difficult to apply the normal political solution of a negotiated compromise.
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