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To: Lane3 who wrote (379)	6/5/2005 11:53:43 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) of 541414

Whether the middle ground makes "sense" to you often depends on your own position. I think it's often hard to see the sense in positions you do not agree with. I can see the sense in the NRA hard line folks, the ban the gun folks, and the moderates. I like the moderate position because it makes sense to me. While I like the constitutional right to own a gun, I don't really want mental patients to be able to run out and get one, so I prefer the moderate balanced approach. I think the middle ground is attractive to me on most issues- even drug legalization. I'm not sure I want LSD legal (for example), but I KNOW I want pot legal. So I think the moderate position is really far more than just "compromise"- I think it is a rational parsing of an issue to find out exactly what you want- what are the boundaries of the best solution for the most people. The moderate position is often the harmonious confluence of utilitarianism and non-extremism- both of these things I like, a lot.

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