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To: gamesmistress who wrote (21204)

7/30/2012 1:20:12 PM

From: koan

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To: koan who wrote (21198)	7/30/2012 9:26:16 AM
From: gamesmistress	1 Recommendation of 21258

Your view is black and white, no shades of gray, as exemplified by this: "LIBERAL philosophy is based on facts and REASON. CONSERVATIVE philosophy is based on MYTH and script.">> Generally speaking. I consider that a truism. <<I found recent examples by searching on the word "nonsense" - a favorite of yours, when someone makes a statement opposing your world view. For instance, the "Every major city that is failing is run by the Dems." post, to which you replied, "There is no way that statement is true." True, the followup of specific failing cities was addressed to Sun Tzu, who did not rebut, but there was also no acknowledgement from you.>> Saying every major city is failing is nonsense. I couldn't be true and if it was how would we know? <<Or how about the "Denmark is paradise, and we should adopt their system of high taxes, universal health care, "free" education, etc?" Someone posts a long, detailed article, from a Dane yet, showing just how this "paradise" works in practice, and oh no, it's "nonsense". You know better, your two friends who were tourists there for a couple of weeks know better. Riiight. Being kept by the state may be your ideal, but it's not mine.>> One cannot use anecdotal evidence. Denmark has been studied by scientists. Income inequality has been quantified by the scientific community and its damage to societies has been studied. I don't want to be kept by the state. Where did you get that idea? I want our country to take care of the poor and sick. And provide affordable education to all people. Personally, I don't benefit from any of the above, except to live in a more civilized society.