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To: peter michaelson who wrote (149787)	11/12/2010 12:32:54 PM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541517

How did these people come to have the power to mess up my civilization? Hard question. I think part of it may be the politicization of identifiable groups, and the tendency of political parties to build agendas that appeal to aspects of the group. An attempt to consolidate single issue voters by pandering to a specific pet issue that pulls them into a broader coalition of several other single issue voters. The Republicans have mastered this technique as evidenced by their virtual monopoly on gun owners (NRA), pro-life, homophobes and racists (xenophobes). Several other examples spring to mind, but that's the gist.

To: peter michaelson who wrote (149787)	11/12/2010 1:06:29 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541517

I think it's genetic. The Europeans got rid of their religious radicals by sending them here, and here they bred. That would explain why Europe got so much more secular and we have folks running around who want religious government. Another explanation might be the Europeans saw what religious states could do, and they got tired of the mayhem. Or maybe bilingual people are just smarter- and the Europeans have a lot more bilingual people. Not only is the bilingual brain better in youth, but apparently it withstands Alzheimer's better too. But any way you slice it, I wish America was a lot more secular, and had fewer people wishing to use the mechanism of the state to bolster their belief systems. I don't care what people believe, I just don't want to be bothered by their beliefs.