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To: epicure who wrote (23941)	7/13/2006 11:16:34 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541219

the latter is a method for treating prisoners proposed by the right. Before you can say that is a position held by a majority on the "right" (using the collective term implies majority support), you would need to document it through polls or a party platform, or identify which subset of the right you think holds that view. Otherwise it's just splattering an unpleasant allegation much too broadly. Analytical rigor applies to both sides.

To: epicure who wrote (23941)	7/13/2006 11:49:32 AM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541219

I didn't say that liberals self identified as traitors. That would be a silly comment. Read my post again. I don't see much functional difference between your comments and the example I used. The "method" to which you referred was a method of killing instead of taking prisoners, which, in turn, is no more than murder. "Traitor" was a label, but so is suggesting that people advocate a course of conduct amounting to murder. I think it's fine to reference ideas in comments- it is only by dragging specific posts over, or named individuals, that we put an individual on the spot. A general comment doesn't do that. I guess every rule needs exceptions<g>