Truthfully Doug, when was the last time you saw a list member admit they were mistaken in one of their beliefs?
Carrol replies:
New Angel has persuaded me that I need to modify my perspective on "united front against the u.s."
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And I'm sure others have also experienced such changes, even if they don't speak up (or are lurkers and therefore, by definition, never emerge from the shadows).
Hell, I even devoted a whole post to ideas I've discarded because of list discussions:
<http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2006/2006-December/024483.html>
.d.