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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: michael97123 who wrote (483818)6/3/2009 3:47:18 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 1573930
 
I wouldn't condemn someone for not knowing that we had forces in Japan, or even Korea (we have fewer people there but their presence gets mentioned more often). People can't have knowledge in every area. This particular knowledge is unlikely to mean much to the average individual, and even if it effects his votes, contributions, or political statements, those things are unlikely to change the level of forces in either country. Its one vote, one voice, one presumably relatively modest amount of money, against millions. So you could call such lack of knowledge, rational ignorance.

Everyone has to be ignorant about some things, the sum of human knowledge is just too great to know it all, so such rational ignorance is not worthy of blame. However it might be a good idea to avoid arguments based on such ignorance. Better for Ted to learn a bit first before making bold statements about our military, and esp. before attacking others for disagreeing with his statements.
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