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

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (64764)	10/29/2002 5:28:49 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I followed and agreed with you all the way to but excluding your conclusion. "so i disagree with your point. "having a conscience upon which forms principles for living is not equivalent to fanaticism..." it can be at the very core and root of it. You use the term "can be, I use the term "not equivalent" Your terminology "can be" opens the door for maybe but not necessarily..."not equivalent." My point was that having a conscience and relying upon it at least in part to live a principled life is not fanaticism. One's conscience is a vehicle for questioning the path one is following, the act one is considering or has committed, the external status quo dictating actions for one's circumstance, etc. Fanaticism is compulsive extremism which prohibits such questioning...definitely non-equivalent. I am having some difficulty seeing how a conscience even "can be" at the core of fanaticism. I get that a moral doctrine can be at the core but do not see how "a conscience" can be.