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To: Dayuhan who wrote (108955)	7/30/2003 9:14:40 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Yeah, right. I cannot imagine how any thinking person could take seriously the opinion of a totally unqualified individual who feels the need to remind his audience that his opinions are "high level". Steven, I think you must not be familiar with how engineers use the terms "high level" and "low level". The terms don't refer to quality, but to resolution of detail. All Den Beste is saying is that he is trying to give a general overview of the subject. The lead essay on the page was on homosexual marriage, and it was just ridiculous: I've never seen such a loopholed argument in my life Sounds to me like you have little patience for Christians of any stripe. David Warren is one, and it colors his arguments. The central point struck me as reasonable - that by giving homosexual couples entry into "marriage" as opposed to "civil unions" or some new legal formula, the government is tinkering with an institution that most people take part in, which makes many people uneasy. So far as that, it's hard to argue the point. Beyond that, his objections are religous - he objects to redefining marriage and to governments separating themselves from Christian traditions. He is a social conservative. But don't give up after one essay. Have you read the essay titled "Flypaper"? I'd be interested in your opinion on that one. By the way, I find the bloggers you're trashing more intelligent than 90% of the newspaper articles out there -- how do you feel about the BBC's output?