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To: Win Smith who wrote (37947)	8/15/2002 1:08:09 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

we should uphold the same low standards that any hothead board Well, they let me and you in Win. :^) your careful "cost / benefit" analysis on "getting those bastards" makes the answer obvious. Did I say that? If I didn't, I should have. I was thinking, this morning, about how this board breaks out philosophically, as I wait for what's important today, the "Tiger" show at the PGA. John made a post a few days ago about how bad the 20th century was, and Nadine and I responded, that hey, life was pretty good here. Turns out that John was bemoaning the whole world, not just the USA. I thought, "Would I rather be alive in 1902 or today?" That was a "No-brainer!" Just imagine having a serious medical problem then vs now, and you need go no further. When you look at the posts here, is becomes obvious that those of a "Liberal" persuasion think things are bad and may get worse. Their glass is half-empty. They are pessimists. Those of us on the "Right" tend to think that things are good and are going to get better. Our glasses are half-full. We are optimists. On a related point, you have made some comments about our rejection of "PoMo." Here is a good example of why. "PoMo" gives you the Philosophical basis for "multiculturalism." That is because it states that different "truths" of different groups should be considered equal. This validates the concept that Islam, which, among other things, enslaves half of their population because it is female, is an equal culture to the West. Those of us that are "Modernists," or "PreModernists," reject this concept. We say treat the individual as an equal unless he or she proves otherwise, but recognize that the Arab culture is primitive by our standards.