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To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (9431)	9/16/2001 1:09:45 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) of 74559

Hi DJ- Excellent points. Hitler offered easy answers and certainty, too. So did Charlie Manson. I don't think it's possible for people who appreciate complexity to understand the drive for easy answers. My impression is that people in the US learned a lot about the search for easy answers in Viet Nam. Listen to what people are saying on SI, and then listen between the words. That's the trick, to listen between the words. They are saying, "What about me? What about my interests? What's going to happen to me?" Normal questions, more loudly and sharply stated than usual, more poignant. "Shorting the market is unAmerican. Because I am long." "Shorting the market is not unAmerican. Because I am short." "Bombing Afghanistan is a good idea. Because I don't live in Afghanistan." "Bombing Afghanistan is not a good idea. Because I have friends from Aghanistan." Is it a better idea to listen to people who are disinterested and have no stake? I don't have an easy answer. I don't believe in easy answers.

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