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To: Lane3 who wrote (95082)	1/13/2005 1:59:45 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793817

I wouldn't expect so much engagement from you on such a minor matter. Who is the matter "minor" to? You said you had collected a number of news stories on the topic. Thus, it obviously matters to someone. It matters to me because church-and-state issues seem to have come to the fore lately, and that intrigues me, so I try to keep up with them. The question I am trying to ask, let me try asking it another way, is what causes you to say that Bush is "dismissive" of non-believers? What has this particular president said that is different from what any other president has said that causes you to say he, in particular, is "dismissive" of non-believers?

To: Lane3 who wrote (95082)	1/14/2005 12:08:38 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793817

It must be that liberal application of that nuance thing again. Bush has never uttered a negative or dismissive word about non-religious people, yet you have divined the "president's dismissive attitude" toward non-religious people & have concluded that "fosters prejudice against them" & find him personally at fault. You are right about one thing though. We have a vast chasm in our differing interpretations of nuance. I see nuance as the butterfly flapping it's wings in chaos theory - something subtitle added into the equation with no perceptible effect on the environment. You see nuance as incorporating every conceivable alteration to the environment to arrive at a level 5 hurricane on the other side of the globe.