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To: Lane3 who wrote (132915)	8/16/2005 12:30:29 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793914

On the "us/them" formula, it's the best sort of quick and dirty formula I have for what bothers me the most about the present political culture. It encompasses the demonization of the other; the obvious resort to ad hominem arguments (well, "resort" is not quite the right word, more something like almost complete dependence on); etc. I still think it's possible to talk, in an agreeable fashion, about even fundamental disagreements. And a democratic political culture, obviously, depends on that hope. When we give up on that, it becomes simply power. And low level civil conflict. At best.