Comments on: sorites paradox

By: Ben Hyde

Ben Hyde — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:34:02 +0000

James - Sorry but I don’t really get what your getting at.

Al Sharpton isn’t by any stretch of the imagination an exemplar of the median of Democratic party policy, goals, or philosophy. You do appreciate that most of Al’s funding comes from folks on the right don’t you?

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0405,barrett,50745,1.html

By: James Briggs

James Briggs — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:57:22 +0000

Democrats do the same thing but they don’t prevent prevent people from voting they slander them. They taked every issue and turn it on ist head. If you believe that race shouldnt be an issue in treating people then you are a racist. If you if you believe that peple have a right to be safe intheir homes and their persons from crime then you are agaist the 4 amendment. If you oppose policies that increase proverty then you are agains tthe poor.

I am running out of time so I will clsoe with this one, not abot Democrats exacetly. Guy’s like Al Sharpton encouraged burning down inner city businesses and kills business onwers and employees. After the businesses were detroyed Al was complaineding that there were no inncer city jobs.

By: Ben Hyde

Ben Hyde — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:15:27 +0000

No, I entirely intended to needle the Republicans. They have and are methodically demonizing their opponents. A pattern you mimic above. Having constructed a straw man of their opponents of vile and bereft of ethics they have then used that to license a wide collection of offensive techniques; Hiding behind one’s fantasy that the other side is evil is no excuse; worse it leads to violence.

The Right pulled away from the median of the American public (as clearly indicated by the divergence between the voting statistics shown by VoteView and the statistics shown by the Michigan surveys). This imbalance between where the public mindset actually is and the right desires for what to do with power has driven the right to increasingly desperate and increasingly offensive means.

Nader? Nader has no support to speak of on the ground. His only support comes from cynical labor and funds provided by the right. A good person could only accept that kind of cynical behavior if he really believes that the other side has lost their moral compass. God help us.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:41:38 +0000

I don’t particularly agree that the “no difference” meme is engineered/designed by the political parties. In fact, the parties are often in violent agreement with one another in order to create the illusion of difference. The “no difference” meme appears to me to be a reaction to how significant people feel in the political process and the general public’s inability to discern subtleties in the overly scripted messages presented by all politicians.

And, here’s a counter point to Ben’s assertion that “The Right” is being dirty with their attempts to remove illegitimate voters from the rolls, etc. The Democratic party is doing everything they can to keep Nader out of the election. Is that not forcefully removing people from the body politic?

My point here is not that either party plays fair. I don’t believe that. I think they both play dirty, for power seeks to perpetuate itself at almost all costs.

Perhaps I’ve mischaracterized this blog entry as attempting to needle the Republicans, but I don’t find any basis for either party to claim the moral high ground in the political process. The process is dirty, and both sides play it that way.

By: Ben Hyde

Ben Hyde — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:05:14 +0000

Santiago - Always! Feel free to run off with my ideas, et. al.. - ben