Text 8759, 54 rader
Skriven 2006-09-21 18:27:00 av Robert E Starr JR (9256.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: My presidential pick
================================
* * * This message was from Methuselah Jones to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.m * * *
         * * * and has been forwarded to you by Lord Time * * *         
            -----------------------------------------------             

@MSGID: <Xns9845D185626D0methuselahaltgeekorg@216.196.97.131>
@REPLY:
<1155498642.569827.315080@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com><0001HW.C137FDAA024C5B74F0284530@news.verizon.net><eeu9dp0li2@drn.

Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of Jan 
of rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated make plain: 

> In article <0001HW.C137FDAA024C5B74F0284530@news.verizon.net>, Amy
> Guskin says...
>>
>>>> On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:36:39 -0400, Vorlonagent wrote
>>(in article <86SdnUjGE9w6lY_YnZ2dnUVZ_qqdnZ2d@comcast.com>):
>>>>  The democrat purrists are mor 
>>> concerned about civil rights for terrotists and cuttin and running
>>> in Iraq than confronting terrotists and the Republicans are
>>> revelling in pork-barrel budgets, with corruption as an issue for
>>> both parties. << 
>>
>>I won't even dignify the first part of that with a response -- it's so
>>dismissive and incorrect that I wouldn't know where to begin (and it's
>>akin to me saying "The Republican purists are more concerned about
>>torturing people who turn out to know nothing and in some cases are
>>even completely innocent than human rights")
> 
> I have some questions.  Why are there so many conversations about
> who's 'evil-er' that the other?  What *good* does that do??  Am I the
> only one who's sick and tired of "left", "right", "Republican",
> "Democrat", "liberal" and "conservative" being used as pejoratives?
> 
> It's overly fashionable to demonize anybody who disagrees with you
> these days and it seems to be a worldwide trend.  When usually
> intelligent people can't even talk to each other, is there ever any
> hope of accomplishing anything?  Is anybody ever going to be the first
> one to say "Enough, already.  I'm not going to play."?

I have a feeling we're building up to that as a people. I very much doubt 
that the pols and pundits, who are currently feeding the fire and fanning 
the flames, will ever rise to that level, but people *are* getting 
increasingly tired of it all around, and I think will ultimately put 
their foot down.

As Irving Sarnoff said, "I believe that if the people lead, the leaders 
will follow; and that's always been the only way it's worked."

-- 
Methuselah
Who is this 'General Failure' and why is he reading my disk?
                               
--- SBBSecho 2.11-Win32
 * Origin: Time Warp of the Future BBS - Home of League 10 (1:14/400)