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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: E who wrote (51458)6/18/2002 7:25:33 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Have I misstated anything?

E, I don't think there's any future in trying to blame anyone for "starting it." "It" has been going on so long in various incarnations. Off and on, people try to tame things and we are successful for periods of time. They everything goes haywire again.

It seems to me that all the parties are reaching back into history to interpret current statements as provocations. And people are reaching back into history to construct comebacks. The history is so long that there is no longer any way to distinguish between chicken and egg.

This is your response to my first post, and is the first appearance of any nastiness whatever in a pleasant, civil conversation:

I know that you did quite a bit of research to come up with that argument. It makes a lot of sense. But I can find things that might be construed as provocation in your "perfectly civil" side of the conversation if one is predisposed to take offense. It all depends on how you look at it.

I don't think that there's any way to break the cycle by trying to find fault. It's everyone's fault. The only way to stop it is to stop it. Stop the provocations. Or stop interpreting as provocations things that may or not have been intended as provocations. Either one or both. Everyone. The blame game just adds iterations to the vicious cycle.

IMO.
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