>Not so easy. What if you have different wants that conflict? What about Akrasia
>and weakness of the will? How do you abjudicate between the conflict of values?
er, Sam, successfully resolving conflicts is what being an adult is all about. Didn't your mum tell you? :-)
>> If you want to Create Real Change, then you don't spit
>> on the flag, and you don't bad-mouth the Constitution,
>> motherhood, or apple pie. Because if you do, it turns
>> off all the people whom you'd better have on your side
>> if you want real change.
>
>Better to lie to them about your politics. That's o.k. if you want to start a
>Stalinist movement but not good for much else.
As I replied to Doug, there are truths that empower and those that disable. I generally prefer the former.
>> They close their ears and
>> their hearts, and you've just effed yourself.
>
>People who close their ears and hearts to the truth don't deserve a better
>society.
Oh aye? You've embraced every truth with open arms, yourself, have you? :-\
>> On the other hand, if you only want to Make A Political
>> Statement without regard to practical consequences,
>> then you can do whatever you like. Effing oneself may
>> be physically impossible, but the left routinely do it
>> politically. Whence the mess we're in now.
>
>o.k. but what about statement 1? They do have more guns literally and
>figuratively.
Sorry, you've lost me.
>> So, as far as I'm concerned, the Constitution is a
>> hallowed mandate for fairness and social justice
>
>Hallowed? Check out Michael Parenti's work on the "Founding Fathers".
Yes, and? I was speaking for myself.
>That would pass for wit in Wichita.
Thanks! (You should probably try Lubbock, first, for yours)
>> It's shameful, un-American, and
>> life will continue to degrade til they're made to stop.
>
>Whoa! Un-american! Now that's got to be the ugliest epithet you can hurl at
>someone. What about all those of us who are *really* un-American? I'm Canadian.
erm, we are talking about the US Constitution here, yes? The pillocks who are eroding the Bill Of Rights are indeed also having a bad effect on Canada --and for that matter, the world-- but it's different in kind.
>Its a pity that American politics is so important vis-a-vis world politics. The
>lives of millions of people hang the balance of what fucken' idiots like Al
>Gore or Robert Rubin say and do. By implication, the lives of millions depend on
>what Joe and Jane out in cracker America do in the way of politics.
>Unfortunately, all of us un-Americans have to study the dim, dull and silly
>world that is American politics and political culture.
I agree that it's a pity, but asi es la vida.