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From: nxs@fluke.UUCP (Bruce Golub)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: A commom senerio.
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Date: Fri, 5-Oct-84 13:13:15 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  5 13:13:15 1984
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A commom senerio:

Poster X flails away at his/hers keyboard spewing out retoric that has
nothing to do with the truth.

Poster Y (a more informed type of person) calmly points out the errors in
X's off-the-cuff, rash, and untrue statement.

The result:

Poster X either ignores the response completely, or starts spewing forth
more retoric that has nothing to do with his/hers original mistake.

Now, part of the problem is that very few people really know the truth
(first hand) about the nuclear situation, Central America, the Middle East,
etc. Componding the problem: people who take a stand, then go looking for
proof that their stand is correct (therefore all others are false), people
who repeat the retoric over and over agin until they swear that the reality
in front of them is an illusion, and those who sit in the background, deafly
listening to the discussion, never lifting their hands to utter a word
(net.land talking), never speaking what is on their minds so no one
(including themselves) will know if what they think is truthful or not,
fearing that they will have to alter their outlook to fit the real world.  

Why am I typeing this. Because I could use one of the above definitions to
discribe my behavior at times. But I try, ferverently to avoid these traps
that strangle my intelligance. I urge others to do the same. Admit you can
be wrong. Admit that no one has all the facts. Try thinking as apposed to
reacting. Remember, most of us are only human, and as a species we still
have a long wat to go.

Thanks,

Bruce Golub
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.