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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: stockman_scott who wrote (43236)9/12/2002 2:18:55 AM
From: paul_philp  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
I have been taking some time off from this board to reflect on the past year. I will write my thoughts somewhere and post them here. This editorial provoked one of my new thoughts.

There are some political luxuries that we cannot afford today. We are facing an extremly uncertain world and our attempts to understand and communicate this world require a maturity that has not existed for the past decade.

This is true of all sides of all debates regarding the post-9/11 world.

This editorial argues by the use of 'extreme analagy'. The comparrison to McCarthyism does not hold. The intent of the argument is it enflame not inform. We could afford this type of political non-thinking 3 years ago. Now, the stakes are too high.

I am not saying this because this piece is too liberal for my tastes. I am certain I could find something from Ann Coulter, George Will or Rush Limbaugh that would provide prime examples of extreme analogy.

I want and encourage dissent. There will be a dangerous tendancy for a goverment to go too far in the name of protection. It is the nature of goverments to attempt to get more power over those governed. Dissent and careful persuasive argument are a critical check on that process.

The only way we will ever remove the uncertainty of the times is to remove the old rhetorical tactics and think. Watch what reveals itself and communicate authentically with each.

Paul
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