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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (238007)	7/26/2007 8:36:35 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"Say what? Where did I say that? I believe just the opposite." Not you personally ... you, whoever does that. "Why should I care if this is thought-out behavior or herd instinct? It is what it is and it is worth noting imo. You need to know the biases to judge the lay of the land." It was worth noting and it had value for me, or I wouldn't have commented on it as thoughtfully as I did. People who are loyal to groups are going to represent things as believable fact when it is useful to do so, whether they have a real belief in their statements or not, even when it contradicts other 'belief' statements. We see it all the time when one political group condemns something from another political group in contradiction to earlier statements about someone from their own crop. At least that's what I've noticed and its what caused me to think about that article. Regarding the word 'believe,' I don't think 98% of people care or should care. I care about the validity of the word 'believe'. That doesn't mean anyone else must care and I figure you and I disagree on what the word means and that doesn't really matter either. Whether it is worth anything to other people to note it or not doesn't matter to me either. I note things that are worth something to me and every once in a while I discover that the value I hold for things or ideas resonates with others, and I like it when that happens.