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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: i-node who wrote (162848)3/4/2003 1:15:20 AM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (2) of 1575396
 
>When I was 22 and my roommate was a 36-year old conservative, I simply could not understand his perspective. One of my favorites was, "I can't support capital punishment unless I would be willing to pull the switch myself". He would always say, "Don't sweat it; I'll be glad to pull the switch any time...."

>Today, when I see a David Westerfield, I realize that it would be sheer joy for me to be able to pull the switch on him.

These are changes in opinion, and not in actual knowledge. I believed in the death penalty until a year or so ago when the statistics that changed the mind of the governor of Illinois were released... the chances of executing someone innocent are just too high.

Now, you'd disagree with me, but I wouldn't say you're less intelligent, you just place a different value on or don't believe those same statistics.

That's more or less the way it is with most political issues, IMO.

-Z
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