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While I know that posting on hot political topics is never really going to change anyones belief system, I think it is important to occsaionally have input from people who have differing viewpoints. If you never actually hear the other side of an issue, you can never really understand the reality of the thing, wethere you agree with the opposition or not.
The thing that really amazes me..well actually there are several, is that some times I can hear a "kid" who is only 15 actually have a fair grasp of things that I would have thought beyond his/her ability to understand. On the other hand, I frequently see people who are rather young, who have no real world experience, who have never been more than 5 miles away from mom and dad, thinking that they in their infinite wisdom can better manage the world than people who have dedicated decades of time and energy and who have learned from centuries of trial and error in our histories. Things are the way they are because they work...in general, there is room for improvement but as you get older you learn that human beings ...being what they are...are not destined for some theoretical idealogical utopia. We just arent built that way...Maybe with some genetic tinkering we will improve but as it stands RIGHT now we have what we have earned and what we deserve as a species. Things usually improve in increments, slowly and surely because there are good people trying, what does NOT happen is "snap your fingers and over night the world suddenly changes".
So a raucus discourse is good for the soul and also serves a useful purpose...if people remain civil about it.
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Disintigration is easy, If you really want to impress me, ReIntegrate it.
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