--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The general public (whomever they are!) seem to like > simple answers with black and white distinctions. > Unfortunately life is not like that.
Last year I read in one of David Brooks' columns in the New York Times that the electorate breaks into two camps: those who work with numbers -- accountants, business managers, engineers -- and those who work with words -- lawyers, teachers, journalists, social workers. The numerate types tend toward Republican politics and the literate types tend toward Democratic politics. Brooks defined the difference as between those who like the hard edges of sure knowledge and those who are comfortable with ambiguity and nuance. Brooks based his observations on some research someone had done, so it's not just surmise. Since reading that, I've seen it a lot in the public dialogue. There are those who espouse hard and fast ideologies, and those who seem to be able to live with not knowing. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
