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To: sirchtruth
From HL Mencken:

"...At the bottom of all philosophy, of all science and of all thinking, you will find the one all-inclusive question: How is a man to tell truth from error? The ignorant man solves this problem in a very simple manner: he holds that whatever he believes, he knows; and that whatever he knows is true. This is the attitude of all amateur theologians, politicians and other numb skulls of that sort.

44 posted on 04/25/2008 5:20:27 PM PDT by shrinkermd
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To: shrinkermd
And you, shrinermd, like the "ignorant man" Mencken describes, believe that because McCain is a Republican, he's less dangerous in every way than Democrats Obama and Hillary, hence you "know" it. You are a living example the Mencken quote you post.

I, in the meantime, don't pretend to "know" anything except that conservative principles are the sole and ultimate preservers of freedom. In this race, I calculate the risks, attempt to anticipate consequences, and conclude that McCain is GUARANTEED to do untold damage to the Republican party and the principles of conservatism that are ultimately freedom's only guardian, while either Obama or Hillary in the White House would probably be weak within their own parties, have more people fighting them than not, quickly become pariahs, accomplish little of what so many fear they "will" do, and that backlash, combined with my and other conservatives' pointed rejection of McCain, would create an almost guaranteed benefit for the Republican party and conservatism.

From what I read of your posts on this thread, you don't know "truth from error" any more than a cat knows Vivaldi from Beethoven.

51 posted on 04/25/2008 5:41:41 PM PDT by Finny (Democrats do Mommy Government. Today's Republicans do Daddy Government. Conservatives do Freedom.)
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To: shrinkermd
Also from H.L. Mencken: "Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself."
59 posted on 04/25/2008 6:11:29 PM PDT by LadyNavyVet (The NC GOP is McCain's maverick.)
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To: shrinkermd
"...At the bottom of all philosophy, of all science and of all thinking, you will find the one all-inclusive question: How is a man to tell truth from error? The ignorant man solves this problem in a very simple manner: he holds that whatever he believes, he knows; and that whatever he knows is true. This is the attitude of all amateur theologians, politicians and other numb skulls of that sort.

Yeah, it surely figures you'd use this pompous, secular, useless quote to show your arrogant selfish attitude, just like the hotheaded canidate you chose to align yourself with. It just shows your clueless outlook toward reality. Go ahead make enemies of your allies, see where you end up.

65 posted on 04/25/2008 6:19:45 PM PDT by sirchtruth (No one has the RIGHT not to be offended...)
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