Posted on 03/29/2005 8:58:34 AM PST by Long Cut
“We would be all better off if we would ask the other party what he or she thinks instead of telling them. It's almost always a mischaracterization, and it brings more heat than light.”
Similarly worded...
"Those that do not know their opponents arguments do not truely know their own."
Yeah, I guess I made some people uncomfortable when I posted links to the statements they denied existed. It would have been so much more pleasant around here if I had just let the masquerade continue.
That was a very good use of a Hitler picture. The article was saying how Greer was church goer, Republican, (something else?), and last but not least, a dog lover. So me posting the picture of Hitler sitting there with his dog, was a way to mock the reporter for the stupid implied point "Gee, he's a dog lover, he must be a good person". Next time I'll post a picture of Joe Stalin petting a dog intead, so you don't get excited.
I see you dropped on in Sept of 2001 and did not reappear til April 1st, 2005..Hmmmm, Mr. Dem
dropped in on
If only Kerry were President.
No, try June 2001
Thank you for all your efforts, hard work and well reasoned posts.
Long vacation..Mr Dem
If the federal (or state for that matter) government is going to make some law about this it had better be a damn good law, and frankly I don't trust our government to make some "one-size-fits-all" law that will protect individual freedom (not just the freedom to live, but the decision to live your life as you see fit). If there is a law passed, as many here have proposed, that says the state must always err on the side of life the result would be that any conflict that reaches the state level would be decided only one way. That means you better have a great way to decide what reaches the state, because that will really be the determining factor. I don't have a great way to decide that, and I don't think you do either.
Now people will jump in and say that Terri's case was clear-cut, blah,blah,blah, Michael's a terrible husband, etc. But I am not talking about Terri, I'm talking about where do we go from here? Terri's dead, but we're still here, so what do we do now? Do we want to change the laws and if so then how?
As bad as the present system is I have yet to hear of a better one. I think I am like most Americans in that I don't want my decisions made for me by the government if I am disabled. And I don't want the government telling me "well you should have had a living will, tough luck, buddy". It's none of their freaking business, they're plenty intrusive enough already.
I like to lurk... :)
That law already exists, it's called the fifth and fourteenth amendments of the Constitution.
There is no good use of a Hitler picture other than in a history book.
Sure you do,Mr Dem.
I want to tell you how much many of us have appreciated all your posts and the information you took the trouble to gather. I know I certainly do. I wanted to think that most of the more malicious posters were people who only wanted to disrupt and divide. After the last day or so I'm not so sure. I think allowing it to run its course was a bad idea, but that's just my opinion. I'm not going to go into detail, but I just have a bad feeling about where all this is headed. I hope I'm wrong.
At any rate, I've decided not to spend any more time on it also. I've discussed it with family, friends, coworkers, etc. These are the opinions that truly count. So go hug your family. They're the ones who matter. I get to see the little munchkin again on Thursday and life goes on. It always does. Thanks again. It's been really nice to get to know you too.
God bless you and the rest of the WPPFF! Trinity, thank you VERY much for all your hard work in bringing facts to bear in this case. We can disagree on lots of things, but we really need the facts to base our opinions on unless we want to sink into DU-style "feelings."
I'm done as well, Trinity. Thanks for all your hard work, I appreciated all of the links.
Be well.
Tremendous post.
Not hardly.
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