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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (106022)7/17/2003 2:23:47 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I am willing to call the ideas evil- I don't think you are hearing me. America, though, isn't about judging good and evil "thoughts" and "ideas"- that is up to each individual- real freedom means you can be evil and think evil, but the rule of law means you can't ACT evil. This is a central theme in a Clockwork Orange- if you take away the right of people to choose "evil", can you call them "good"? (I hated that book, btw, but I really liked that one philosophical point) It's easy to be a land of the free for "good" people (good of course being highly relative) the test is, are you a land of the free for "bad" people- who aren't acting "bad", but are just thinking "bad", and talking about things you think are "bad".

Being a traitor or UnAmerican means specifically that the person is working against America to destroy it- not that they have "evil" plans to establish a different America (that is still America) that you see as evil.

You will convert no one with your emotion laden language. That kind of language only appeals to the already converted- but it does serve to turn moderates off.

If your methods are wildly emotional, you will lose the debate. Your opponents may not understand this, but they will enjoy the fact that you are just like them. In fact they will revel in it.
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