> Because it's easy to fool yourself (or others) about your level of > conviction in a policy until you have "skin" in the game. Then you > find out how much you truly believe it. > > Put another way, if you're willing to send other kids to war, but not > your own, then you don't believe in your own policy and you're a > hypocrite.
Why would someone believe in something strongly enough to send their kids....as opposed to going themselves? Isn't that even worse? It's a completely impractical point though. If all leaders were forced to make choices about war knowing that THEY, or their children, would be on the front lines.......things would be quite different don't you think? > > Put a 3rd way, I'll use a sports analogy: Let's say I'm constantly > talking up the Colts and how they're going to run the board this year > and anybody that doesn't see that doesn't understand football as well > as I. You might say, "put your money where your mouth is. Put > $10,000 on the line." > > That'd be an easy way to find out how much I truly believe in the policy. Don't you mean put your LIFE on the line? That's the one poker chip everyone possesses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:184547 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
