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  •  we know something (none / 0)

    We're learning.  We know a hell of lot more today than we did a year ago.  Sure, we have a long way to go, but we will never know everything there is to know about every issue that affects our lives.  This sort of unproductive nihilism is silly.  We will continue to learn more, and always try and make the best, most well-informed decision that we can.

    If your point is that we all have a duty to learn and become the most well-informed citizens that we can be, then I say bravo.  If your point is that we should throw up our hands in disgust and quit caring about public policy alltogether, I say you are wasting my time.

    We win when people think.

    by jbrians on Tue Apr 20, 2004 at 01:44:15 PM PDT

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    •  We are learning (none / 1)

      is true, but we don't have a very good record in this regard.  We also have a habit of learning "the wrong lessons", so even our "learning" is not necessarily an incidence for optimism.

      Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds. --Elie Wiesel

      by a gilas girl on Tue Apr 20, 2004 at 02:27:35 PM PDT

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    •  conceit is a problem (none / 1)

      since not-knowing and pretending they do know is such a huge problem for the Bush administration when they waltzed into iraq, surely this is cause for some self-reflection on our part as well?

      i think this is less about democracy than mediocrity

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