Can't believe this thread is still open... Things like below will turn this ugly very quickly. oops.. turned it ugly.
Kelly On Thursday, November 8, 2012 9:47:04 AM UTC-6, Seth Vidal wrote: > > Steven, > I think you're committing the fallacy of the golden mean. Absolutism has > a place in our society. Let me give you some examples: > > I absolutely believe that all adult americans should have the ability to > gain the tax and probate advantages they can get through marriage > regardless of their race, gender, religious beliefs or sexual orientation. > > I believe anyone pushing to withhold those rights from folks in our > society is a bigot and should be shunned. > > I absolutely believe that all women should have control over their own > bodies. > > I believe anyone advocating for them losing control of their own bodies is > Akin(haha, get it?) to a rapist and should be punished as such. > > Those are things I absolutely believe. You let me know when I'm being > irrational, provided you can present logic as such. > > -sv > > > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Steven Frederick > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> My polling place is only a couple of blocks off my usual bike commute >> route so I just stopped in on the way to work. I was not the first >> person to vote but I was close enough in line to see the first person >> come out of the ballot area and to join in when the crowd applauded. >> >> There's no shortage of "irrational opinions," at the extremes of both >> sides. My fervent hope is that there will be enough consensus >> builders to move us forward and soon. Absolutism has no place in a >> democracy as varied as ours--no one gets things all their way, every >> time. Solving problems and finding solutions most every one can live >> with are the very definition of "politic." >> >> Steve Frederick, East Lansing, MI >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/7R_RkRbrm80J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
