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To: Brumar89 who wrote (487764)	6/12/2009 9:30:08 PM
From: TopCat	Respond to of 1576208

"I learned that sometimes, the best way to help someone you care for is to hold them accountable." Amen to that.....good article.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (487764)	6/14/2009 2:21:49 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576208

Such tripe........I get so tired of hearing this sht from born again conservatives. During most of a largely misspent youth I leaned to the Left politically. The reason for my youthful liberalism can be summed up in a single word: empathy. When I saw another human being in trouble, pain, or need it seemed only natural to offer my help and support. Since the world is full of struggling people - far more than one sympathetic young woman could ever hope to assist - it seemed reasonable to extend my own moral guidelines to government. In my youthful estimation the world would be a far better place if everyone could just agree to pitch in and help those in need. In other words, she became an enabler.....that's not being a liberal; that's being stupid. And so I became a conservative. I embraced the idea that people make the most efficient and productive choices when they base their decisions on the way the world does* work, not the way they wish it would work. I came to believe subjectivity, empathy, and tribalism make extremely poor foundations for building a society or governing one's personal conduct because they elevate subjective feelings over objective experience and morality. I learned to separate my personal feelings and loyalty from notions of right and wrong, responsible and irresponsible. I learned that even though I often chafed at them, rules are not always bad. Centuries of accumulated human experience have resulted in some pretty smart guidelines for getting along with each other and achieving our goals. Clearly, you all don't have the first clue what it means to be liberal........not the first clue. You think you do but it just more of your own sh*t based on supposition rather than fact.