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To: Mia T
Those are the facts.

No, those are your opinion.

You're wont to view matters as if they were a mathematical theorem, remaining aloof to factors such as conscience and morality, (and yes, I realize HRC possesses neither).

And you may insult me all you wish, (cognitive dissonance indeed!), I will still -

...think you to be very bright
...consider you a pal
...never vote for Rudolph Giuliani


They may disturb your idea of 'pro-life' as viewed through the narrow lens of abortion.

A very unfair, and untrue remark.

236 posted on 04/18/2007 9:48:45 AM PDT by jla
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To: jla
Thank you, jla. I think of you as a pal, too.

MORALITY: Nothing less than morality undergirds my argument. What I am disputing is not your moral underpinnings--I admire them-- but rather your failure to acknowledge that your solution is no less (and I would argue, far more) immoral than the alternative.

COGNITIVE DISSONANCE: No insult intended. Dilemmas cause cognitive dissonance. No option is wholly satisfactory. I understand why you don't want to vote for someone who is pro-choice. But there is a dilemma: Your solution, to vote 3rd party or sit home, ultimately helps to elect someone who is by your very own criteria far worse than Rudy.

They may disturb your idea of 'pro-life' as viewed through the narrow lens of abortion.

This statement is not meant as an insult. Being 'pro-life' means so much more than simply being against abortion. When we fail to recognize that fact, we do dangerous, irrational, ultimately self-destructive things like helping to elect hillary clinton.

237 posted on 04/18/2007 10:36:40 AM PDT by Mia T (Stop Clintons' Undermining Machinations (The acronym is the message.))
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