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To: Suma who wrote (47432)	1/31/2008 10:48:18 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 541824

I agree with you about flip flopping. We should all change our minds once in a while. You get good new data, you change your mind. Obviously opinions on new data will vary :-) But still- flip flopper is a good thing, in general, assuming you're not changing your mind every 5 minutes.

To: Suma who wrote (47432)	1/31/2008 10:49:45 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541824

I always laugh when I read about flip flopping. Who in the world is right all the time. Sometimes information is missing from something that necessitates a mind change. Flip flopping when it is the result of a careful rethinking of one's position seems to me to be a very rare occurrence in politics. After all, if position changes were real changes of heart, wouldnt they happen just as often away from your political party's orthodoxy? I cant remember the last time that a Republican or Democrat actually changed their position from one that agreed with their party's platform to one that disagreed. It seems to happen universally in the other direction. Slacker