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To: CYBERKEN who wrote (130)	12/16/2000 7:07:28 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 181

I think your argument is incomplete. There is more to government than standing around expressing yourself and your opinions. If a storm blew a tree down in your neighborhood, and it was blocking the road so no one could go to work, would you and your neighbors debate about it or would you get the chainsaws and cut it up and pull it out of the road? I doubt you'd sit around and complain because the government wasn't doing it, if it was something you could do yourself. I can just see it - would the liberals claim it was a failure of the market? And then would the conservatives talk about self reliance? LOL!

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (130)	12/16/2000 9:31:51 PM
From: Mike 2.0	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 181

Ken, I read this and your other reply to an earlier post of mine. I think there is an important distinction to draw between disagrement, even sharp disagreement on issues, and vilifying your opponent, along the lines of rabid Righties of the 80s and today. Today's Rush, for example, is basically a James Watt ("There are Americans and then there are Democrats) with a much slower metabolism. This ilk seeks not to defeat those who disagree with them with superior ideas but vilify them as godless/unamerican/commie/<insert self-gratifying jingoistic label here>. This I find most harmful.