Polite Political Discussion- is it Possible? An Experiment.

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Politics
Polite Political Discussion- is it Possible? An Experiment.

An SI Board Since July 2006

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420	I'm not insisting it's an absolute right. I don't know where you ca	epicure	8/2/2006
419	How is that logical?	epicure	8/2/2006
418	I see.	epicure	8/2/2006
417	I don't know if this is the study to which you're referring, but here	Rambi	8/2/2006
416	JC-- have to admit that "Because I said so" startled me. It isn't	Rambi	8/2/2006
415	Even that study indicated some effect, not NO effect. Anyone who has been trappe	Rambi	8/2/2006
414	John Stossel was talking about common myths on Dateline, and second-hand smoke w	J. C. Dithers	8/2/2006
413	If marriage (gay or straight) were a "right," you would not need a lic	J. C. Dithers	8/2/2006
412	I'll go with the British study which was conducted over 30 years and more pe	longnshort	8/2/2006
411	We often have alerts here in the Dallas area recommending that people with respi	Rambi	8/2/2006
410	BLOOMINGTON -- There is no risk-free exposure to second-hand smoke, according t	Rambi	8/2/2006
409	<i>I'm sure I won't be the only one to point out that this idea wo	KonKilo	8/2/2006
408	Tax Laws for one thing	longnshort	8/2/2006
407	I don't believe second hand smoke does damage. Jogging in a city is worst fo	longnshort	8/2/2006
406	If you "create" a right, by having the state confer something, the rig	epicure	8/2/2006
405	Except that there is a rational and compelling reason to stop activities in publ	epicure	8/2/2006
404	There is no established right of gay marriage. Or of heterosexual marriage for t	J. C. Dithers	8/2/2006
403	then if I own a bar you can smoke and if you don't like smoke don't come	longnshort	8/2/2006
402	I am uncomfortable with citizens voting to take away the rights (or the life) of	epicure	8/2/2006
401	That's what binding referendums are: "Because we say so." A voter	J. C. Dithers	8/2/2006
400	You can win. You can stop using the coercive power of the state in matters that	epicure	8/2/2006
399	<i>So if you advocate that the state should not recognize gay marriages an	J. C. Dithers	8/2/2006
398	If gay marriage is not allowed by the state and heterosexual marriage is, then t	epicure	8/2/2006
397	Well, the direction of the courts seems to be to allow states to decide the vari	J. C. Dithers	8/2/2006
396	Why should people get to limit the freedom of their neighbors by curtailing beha	epicure	8/2/2006

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