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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: trouthead who wrote (61840)	5/23/2006 3:06:45 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 93284

It is clearly beyond Orcastraiter to comprehend principle and conscience as a guide in human decision making. His focus is on loyalty to his socio-political identity. Consequently he is unable to associate meaning to anything other than the personality or alliances of a candidate. Loyalty is of course an admirable trait short of extremism. Loyalty to tribe, religion, race, national origin, extreme liberal chaos, extreme oppressive totalitarianism, etc. is a false sense of devotion to the banners of some group. It is this very commitment to the external formulations of order that tends toward corruption at an extreme. The cost is a principled identity of self. When the internal locus of fidelity is to intelligent and principled communion with others for the sake of common humanity, the likelihood of creating chasms between groups is reduced; just as it is widened by expressions of devotion to less deserving tenets. An extremist in your own house (or party) is usually labeled an abuser. An extremist within your community (or party) usually is known as a trouble-maker or even as a criminal. An extremist within your own political sphere or an opposing one is a corrupter of the principles on which you stand. best regards, gem