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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Srexley who wrote (178241)	9/6/2001 3:55:30 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I express to you how I see or understand what you have said. I ask questions so you can further explain what you really mean of not if I have understood your position correctly. I attempt to use logic and reason to explain why I interpret what you have said in a certain way. I do attempt to express EXACTLY as see it and EXACTLY what I feel. I don't expect everyone to think the way I think or believe what I believe. But as I said above I attempt to use logic and reason and unless someone can explain what is wrong with my logic and reason then if one disagrees with me they may be illogical or not reasonable. All feelings or positions on issues are based upon conclusions draw from logic and reason and emotion. The question is how much of each. This is how one explores the shades of ones ideas in the realm of feelings and conclusions. Well you seem exhibit the non thinkers way of ascribing to a company some motivation or morality. You use the price of a commodity of one of the most price controlled substances as you proof in your own mind of why your ignorant to informed fear is rational. If oil companies benefit our population overall in a major way then the good they do far out weights the bad and this is something that you say causes you to distrust the Americans who make up and own stock in these companies. If drilling Anwar is more good than evil then how is drilling in other places more or less good or evil. What is the benefit? what is the risk? What is the good and what is the bad? Is it the people whose goodness and badness changes? The above are questions and I think they frame the drilling issue in objective areas and out of touchy feely areas. Or is it that you are of superior morality than those who you do not know. I really know very few people and I hope all approach others with a cautious open mind that gives a positive benefit of the doubt. tom watson tosiwmee