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To: KonKilo who wrote (54876)	3/21/2008 2:48:57 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542155

But sometimes outrage is the only appropriate response. Get outraged about Tuskegee. It doesn't get much more ghastly than that. But don't get outraged over figments. It's not healthy or constructive. It produces a mindset that is not helpful. And it makes a mockery of critical thinking, something that should instead be taught and nurtured in his flock.

To: KonKilo who wrote (54876)	3/22/2008 11:38:29 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 542155

That it was somewhat misguided seems evident, but compared to atrocities such as the Tuskegee experiments, it seems hardly enough. I subscribe to the notion of always trying to do the smart thing. Which is not necessarily the thing that feels good. Outrage is rarely constructive. Certainly lingering outrage isn't. I understand that it's human to wallow it it but I don't think it's smart. And I don't think that enabling that wallowing is either smart or caring.