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Senior, you could very well be the person that swayed "just one person's opinion" ... and ... that person could very well be the one who casts the deciding vote before congress about an issue. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.
You (like me), are more of a pessimist than an optimist ... but ... to say that it is NOT better to continue a discussion (any discussion), is the same as saying we should ALWAYS go to war because one person doesn't agree with our country's opinion as to where the sun rises and sets.
Bottom line ... you and I are no longer in a position to do anything BUT to continue our discussions. We are no longer on the cutting edge of 'military diplomacy' ... we are the 'couch potatoes' of our generation when it comes to influencing matters on the world stage.
IT'S A REAL BUMMER ISN'T IT?
I don't look at my self as a couch potato. I am active in our local politics.
I'm not really a pessimist, I've become cynical towards the opinions of the left, their agenda has nothing to do with the betterment of the coutnry for us but to get their party elected. It is very shameful to see what politics has come to.
What harm can come from discussion??? Sometimes I will even play "devils advocate" to spur more discussion even if I don’t agree with what I am saying.
I took a class once on the Theories of Science and Technology and the most valuable thing that class taught me was to think of everything at first as BS and to completely explore all possibilities as crazy as some may be. You can only achieve this through dicussion.
There is a major difference between discussion and blind adherence to the party line.
Exploring possibilities is best left to inventors and scientists. Politicians are the $#!t slingers of the country and basically serve no useful purpose.
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