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To: jammer
"...makes ME look inside MYSELF for hypocrisy..."

Was George Washington a hypocrite for leading a revolution against an army in which he had honorably served?

Is the plaintiff in Roe V. Wade a hypocrite because she now vocally opposes abortion?

The liberals love to toss out the word hypocrite at people who have learned the error of thir ways. If I once touched a hot stove, and learned not to do so, would I be a hypocrite for advising people to not touch a hot stove?

86 posted on 10/11/2003 8:08:04 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Joe 6-pack
lol. Pretty darned good, as always, Joe. One difference, though, is that those cases you mentioned were where opinions were subsequently changed. But, as LaRochefocauld said (and I know it's now trite), "Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue." That statement has served me well over the years.
97 posted on 10/11/2003 8:18:13 PM PDT by jammer
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