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To: JSwanson who wrote (68385)	3/10/2003 11:48:41 AM
From: chomolungma	Read Replies (3) of 70976

JSwanson, You wrote. I am done. I don't blame you. I tried to read the exchanges of the last few days and finally just quit. It's infinitely more difficult to defend than it is to attack and criticize. The contempt for Bush and his administration runs so deep on this thread that it is impossible to overcome it with any amount of words. You will find that there have been more nice things said about Stalin's regime on this thread than the current administration. I'm not kidding! Furthermore, as you noted, the disdain for America is firmly rooted here too. After reading this thread you would think that America hasn't done anything in the last 50 years that wasn't self-serving, morally despicable or downright evil. This country, by these accounts, is responsible for almost every problem in the world today and if it isn't directly responsible it is culpable by its inaction. It helps to remind yourself that the politics of most on this thread are on the extreme fringe of the political spectrum. Years ago I learned that people are basically positive or negative in how they view life and the world. I actually believe this is mostly inherited and what portion isn't is essentially fixed at an early age. These people can see problems in everything, but more importantly they see the large historical trends as negative. I am in the other camp. I see the future as being brighter now than it has been at any time in my lifetime and I think the role of America has generally been positive and will continue to be so. See? Even I have to qualify my remarks with the word "generally" because I don't want to have to defend the treatment of the American Indian or the fire bombing of Dresden. You know these thoughts are flying through the minds of most who are reading this. Most here could find fault in the color of the sunset. So, like you, I'm pretty much done with this discussion. There is nothing new here. Not much to learn. I just can't dig through the prejudices anymore. I'd rather spend the next month arguing about college basketball than arguing whether President Bush is worse than Adolph Hitler. I have to laugh because that subject is actually open to debate here! What's wrong with this picture and why am I in it?

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