[geeks] Socialized medicine [was Re: nVidia 8800GT for Apple Mac Pro]

Phil Stracchino alaric at metrocast.net
Tue May 27 17:27:59 CDT 2008


Lionel Peterson wrote:
> I am quite "vocal" in local school board decisions, and I have found the many 
> of my "opponents" (people who disagree with me) can't handle face-to-face 
> confrontation of their ideas, and they also can't separate ideas from people. 
> I may abhor your ideas, but I can not only be polite, but also find common 
> ground. For example, I get like very few political positions taken by a 
> particular U.S. Senator, but I wish him only the best in his battle against a 
> brain tumor.)

Yeah.  One likes to win philosophical disputes ...  but *not that way*.


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