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Politics : Polite Political Discussion- is it Possible? An Experiment.
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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (1317)9/3/2006 11:56:24 PM
From: epicureRead Replies (1) of 1695
 
I can only base my opinion on what has been- and what has been shows me plasticity. It is always possible that the plasticity of the race can't cope with the current situation- and I accept that, but I don't worry about it. I don't even (actually) care very much which version is correct. It won't concern me, or my children- not really, unless it happened in the next generation, and I doubt it will.

I think environmental disasters and outbreaks of disease are far more likely to threaten our civilization, but I doubt even those will destroy the human race- though both of these occurrences certainly have the potential to derail our civilization. If I were inclined to worry about civilization, which I'm not, I would worry about those things.

What I'm trying to say, but not sure if I communicated this- now that I read what I've written- is that it's been a fun discussion, but that it really doesn't matter. But it doesn't matter that it doesn't matter. It's just fun to kick the tires on the ideas. That's what I'm doing most of the time actually. The article Ron posted earlier really resonates for me- since I think what we say here matters very little, except to us, and our enjoyment of life. I have enjoyed our talk, and hope to enjoy more talks with you.
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