[Peace-discuss] P.S.

[John W.]

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 3:16 PM, John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 9:48 AM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu>wrote:
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>> [2] There's a war on, and the government for which we are responsible in
>> this formal democracy is killing people halfway around the world, in spite
>> of Obama's covering sin with smooth names.  One way to end the war is to cut
>> off funds for it, and we should be urging our Congressional representatives
>> to do that. We should take notice when we're successful; we certainly
>> shouldn't vote for a party that continues the war just because we like what
>> they say on other issues.  This is the important issue, literally a matter
>> of life and death.
>>
>> But as you say, foreign and domestic issues are inseparable. Most of what
>> you said was agreement with most of what Chomsky said; no further comment
>> from me seemed necessary.
>>
> When you acknowledge agreement, your points of disagreement become more
> palatable somehow.
>

Let me slightly rephrase that.  When you are gracious enough to occasionally
acknowledge agreement, it renders your disagreement less disagreeable.

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