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did you share your opinion with Frank?<br><br>
<font face="verdana" size=2>frank_joshua@hotmail.com<br><br>
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</font>At 07:21 AM 11/11/2004, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">> November 10, 2004<br>
> <br>
> The Reelection [sic] of George W. Bush<br>
> A Possible Bright Side?<br>
> By JOSHUA FRANK<br>
>
<a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/frank11102004.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.counterpunch.org/frank11102004.html</a><br>
> <br>
> We are nearing the end of 2004. And if there has been one lesson
that we<br>
> should have all learned this year it is that the U.S. electoral
system<br>
sets<br>
> all challenges to the power-elite up for a horrifying defeat. Hence
the<br>
> reason so many liberal and progressive voters deemed John Kerry our
only<br>
> hope for defeating George W. Bush this November. Faulty logic
indeed.\<br><br>
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I think this article itself is an example of faulty logic aka<br>
rationalization. The main fallacy of rationalization is confusing
possible<br>
with actual. Mr. Frank tells us that actual victory of Mr. Bush can
have a<br>
possible positive, from a left's point of view, outcomes. By the
same<br>
logic, developing pneumonia in July and being hospitalized as a result
is<br>
not such a bad thing, after all, because otherwise the person may go
on<br>
vacation and die in a car crash or drown in a lake. This is the
crux of<br>
religion in its capacity of opiating the masses - basically telling
people<br>
that whatever happens, does so for a reason. Argument like that are
a sad<br>
testimony that human mind can be our worst enemy.<br>
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