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To: FaultLine who wrote (73585)	2/13/2003 1:57:21 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 281500

FaultLine Tests Positive For Attention Deficit Disorder Wonderful. Gets a spot on the refrigerator door right alongside Maurice's best rants.

To: FaultLine who wrote (73585)	2/13/2003 1:59:28 PM
From: paul_philp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

It is my nature to seek the general principals behind apparent conflict. My theory is that FADG (and the world) is experiencing massive cognitive dissonance these days. In the US, 50% of the population thinks that they are already at war and 50% believe that the presidents policies are going to cause war. This ambiguous war is a remarkable. Those who think we are at war will see the opposition as weakening the country and thus strengthening the enemy. Those that perceive that the president is about to cause war see that the current security will end with a bloody war on US soil. How can this difference not cause tremendous tension. This is quite different from the Vietnam War schism. With the Vietnam War, people disagreed about the justification for the war but not the reality of war. This is not a simple intellectual position but people's lived experience of the world - it is neither conceptual nor a partisan opinion - it is people's reality. With this level of cognitive dissonance, people speak different languages while using the same words. I believe this is what is happening with France. They don't understand that the Bush administration is already at war. For the Bushies, why would you even have this level of conversation, in war you don't take your battle plans to committee and to the French, not yet at war, you do everything you can to avoid going to war. Sadly, I think that the perception that the US is not at war will not be tenable much longer. Paul

To: FaultLine who wrote (73585)	2/13/2003 2:56:32 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

"The good news is now I can spend all weekend posting, drinking, harassing the Lefties, gambling and having postmarital sex to my heart's delight without any consequences," said 18-year-old Lindy Bill. Thank you, thank you, thank you! lindybill@inmydreams.com

To: FaultLine who wrote (73585)	2/14/2003 2:01:21 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 281500

"When the cat is away, the mice shall play." Huzzah!! :P Derek

To: FaultLine who wrote (73585)	2/14/2003 4:53:59 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Yeaaaaaaaaa! FL!! Even if you meant every single word of that, and somehow I know you did...It was just too funny! Just for that, I'll restrain myself for one minute and make a complete sentence, with not too many pauses and musings. (delivered via dots) It was just a perfectly wonderful rant! And really, You Mr. Rascal You, you know you are secretly glad you have to go through thousands of posts. How else could this thread consistently be in at least the Top 5 sites on SI? Eyeballs, it's all about Eyeballs. And Foreign Affairs. Hopefully, after the next few days, we will still be able to put our fingers to the keyboards, and continue sharing and learning about the world we live in. It's pretty darn tense outside, isn't it?