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To: tejek who wrote (149192)	8/7/2002 1:31:05 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576882

Ted - Re: Refusing to admit I am wrong. I can admit that I was wrong, but I usually wait until someone shows me that I am wrong. This is easier to do on matters of specific facts. For example if I said Clinton signed a certain bill in his first term, but you insisted that it was in his second and then later you linked to facts that support your case. Its much harder when you deal with bigger more general issues. When you say "the Republicans are the party of the rich", or when Ray says that there is a order of magnitude of difference between the corruption in the Democratic party and the corruption that exists in the Republican party, then it is harder to prove anyone wrong. Different people have different opinions on what "the party of the rich" would mean or what qualifies as corruption. Also even if we agree on the definitions in these areas, the facts are complex, many of them are disputed, and quite a few of them are unknown. You can create strong arguments that are buttressed by facts or logic to try and support your case when you deal with arguments like this, but you usually can't prove the other guy wrong, or be proven wrong yourself. Tim