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

To: Neocon who wrote (71099)	7/30/2003 1:23:25 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"if one is too nice to an addict, one becomes an enabler" And that could result in "good" if the enabled party defuses a bomb when he is drunk. Just trying for a little levity, here. <g>

To: Neocon who wrote (71099)	7/30/2003 1:24:53 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Of course the context of a situation is the modifier of one's judgement about the situation. "My arguement has been that moral ideals exist. They exist in an absolute form across time and culture. They have not evolved, since the small children of one culture are able to recognize them in the same way as the small children of a distant culture. They are good/bad only in reference to human endeavor, which is unique from the perspective of each and every human being. "