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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (689)	1/12/2001 2:18:24 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Doesn't everyone (well almost) have legitimate points. I'm shocked. Absolutely shocked. You must be mellowing. <g> No, I don't think that everyone has legitimate points. Well, maybe they have them but they don't regularly make them. I'm hard pressed to find legitimate points in anyone's rant, particularly those made late at night. Nor in some cryptic comment or smart remark. Nor in opinions that seem to come out of thin air. Or from some nutter newsletter. And people on SI try to make preferences into scared law, and argue about them as if they were gospel, when they are merely inclination. But what I thought was worth emphasizing in Steven's message was about willingness to acknowledge those points with the occasional "touche" or "that makes sense." It tends to reduce the bipolarity you speak of. Relativism is quite different from tolerance or open-mindedness although they may look similar in practice. Relativists may think it's unnecessary to acknowledge the points of others since all points are equally valid, but for the rest of the world, it's like a handshake. Karen