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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 3:16 PM, John W. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jbw292002@gmail.com">jbw292002@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 9:48 AM, C. G. Estabrook <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu" target="_blank">galliher@illinois.edu</a>></span> wrote:</div>
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<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">[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.<br>
<br>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.<br></blockquote></div>
<div>When you acknowledge agreement, your points of disagreement become more palatable somehow.</div></blockquote>
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<div>Let me slightly rephrase that. When you are gracious enough to occasionally acknowledge agreement, it renders your disagreement less disagreeable.</div>
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