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Originally posted by Thorfinn:
hareyquinn, before I go further, have you ever read Bastiat's The Broken Window?
You know that which is seen. After you have read The Broken Window, ask yourself, what is that which is not seen.
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Thorfinn, I'm not niave and don't think there aren't things that go on behind the scenes that we the public don't see. The war on the Taliban, for example. Our gov't must have had some real damning evidence to have convinced other governments that were initially against us attacking them to suddenly do a complete reversal, yet we the public never saw the evidence, which is fine with me. All I was trying to say with my post is that by saying "Those repubs are so and sos..." and "Those dems are such and such..." is really watering down and generalizing the facts and therefore, actually serve to hurt your point rather than help it. I happen to usually be democrat in thinking, but there are many points the dems support that I totally don't agree with just as there are many points the Repubs support that I do agree with. I really don't think things can REALLY be broken down to "us and them" and to try to make it that black and white really whitewashes over the whole issue and misses the point altogether. If an issue is something one feels strongly for or against, they should act on it, not point fingers at the other party, that resolves nothing and only results in a circular argument between the two parties. Kinda like the discussions in the war forum.