Steven, I think you're committing the fallacy of the golden mean. Absolutism has a place in our society. Let me give you some examples:
I absolutely believe that all adult americans should have the ability to gain the tax and probate advantages they can get through marriage regardless of their race, gender, religious beliefs or sexual orientation. I believe anyone pushing to withhold those rights from folks in our society is a bigot and should be shunned. I absolutely believe that all women should have control over their own bodies. I believe anyone advocating for them losing control of their own bodies is Akin(haha, get it?) to a rapist and should be punished as such. Those are things I absolutely believe. You let me know when I'm being irrational, provided you can present logic as such. -sv On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Steven Frederick <[email protected]> wrote: > My polling place is only a couple of blocks off my usual bike commute > route so I just stopped in on the way to work. I was not the first > person to vote but I was close enough in line to see the first person > come out of the ballot area and to join in when the crowd applauded. > > There's no shortage of "irrational opinions," at the extremes of both > sides. My fervent hope is that there will be enough consensus > builders to move us forward and soon. Absolutism has no place in a > democracy as varied as ours--no one gets things all their way, every > time. Solving problems and finding solutions most every one can live > with are the very definition of "politic." > > Steve Frederick, East Lansing, MI > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
