tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post6701031529239726108..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: Extremism IS a vice!Mungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-35949773283786383572007-10-22T19:22:00.000-04:002007-10-22T19:22:00.000-04:00I don't think Goldwater meant that extremism is IT...I don't think Goldwater meant that extremism is ITSELF a great thing. But to be uncompromising about what is right is commendable, according to him. I happen to agree.<BR/><BR/>The problems you're talking about come from people simply not being correct or consistent, not from being passionate. What we need is more intellectual honesty and an ability to admit when we don't have the complete answer to a given problem.<BR/><BR/>But Goldwater was talking about values, not factual or logical points. Since I think liberty and justice are part of what makes us human, I'm totally on board with being extremely human.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046932749797197182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-10730405920635492432007-10-18T21:03:00.000-04:002007-10-18T21:03:00.000-04:00Thanks. I was just trying to make sure that you we...Thanks. I was just trying to make sure that you weren't arguing that that was the only legitimate argument to be made.<BR/><BR/>And I realize you're libertarian minded, I just needed some clarification.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-80877551869386050592007-10-18T20:14:00.000-04:002007-10-18T20:14:00.000-04:00Shawn: its like what Homer Simpson said about bein...Shawn: its like what Homer Simpson said about being a parent "what with the internet and all, they practically raise themselves!"Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03656436431053306500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-90347713327230389522007-10-18T19:15:00.000-04:002007-10-18T19:15:00.000-04:00Hi Robert: by all means make the moral argument, I...Hi Robert: by all means make the moral argument, I'm just axin' for people not to deliberately lie to advance their agendas (what a dreamer). I guess it's just another way of sayin' the end doesn't justify the means.<BR/><BR/>btw, I'm a free tradin' open immigratin' tiny governmentin' guy myself!Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03656436431053306500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-79488568777156379642007-10-18T17:39:00.000-04:002007-10-18T17:39:00.000-04:00Should I take that to mean, then, that morality sh...Should I take that to mean, then, that morality should give way to realism?<BR/><BR/>With free trade for example, I think the moral case for free trade trumps any economic case, even though I think the evidence <I>does</I> support it heavily.<BR/><BR/>The tax cuts, similarly, may not make economic sense, but I think people paying less taxes is always good (though I suppose one could argue it will result in more taxes and troubles in the future, etc.). <BR/><BR/>Now, I am all for telling the truth and being consistent, so perhaps I am reading too far into this. Or maybe I'm missing the point. But extremism on moral arguments, the most important argument to be made, is no vice. What is a vice is altering ones ideals because it may not be perfectly efficient.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-66684562284970230112007-10-18T14:43:00.000-04:002007-10-18T14:43:00.000-04:00I'll close this sermonette by echoing my main man,...I'll close this sermonette by echoing my main man, Isaiah, "Come and let us reason together".<BR/><BR/>KG,<BR/><BR/>was that Isiah Thomas to Browne Sanders?<BR/><BR/>TCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-23983263025399567402007-10-18T13:41:00.000-04:002007-10-18T13:41:00.000-04:00...you could just sit 'em in front of some T2....you could just sit 'em in front of some T2.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093170309806260127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-90440890529071101022007-10-18T11:42:00.000-04:002007-10-18T11:42:00.000-04:00Fundman: Lol, yep me and the prophet Isaiah, just ...Fundman: Lol, yep me and the prophet Isaiah, just like marx and lenin.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous: Don't you ever call me Mike again. I will hunt u down. <BR/><BR/>Actually I think the global warmers have had their main impact through our public school system and what it "teaches" kids. If I ever had any kids, I fear I'd have to home school 'em at least till their BS dectectors were well developed.Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03656436431053306500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-79442746757438964332007-10-18T11:37:00.000-04:002007-10-18T11:37:00.000-04:00Mike,You do know that it's about rallying the base...Mike,<BR/><BR/>You do know that it's about rallying the base?<BR/><BR/>Notice how all the shrillness about the enviroment, from the 1970s activists to AlGore has in fact shifted median preferences in the US on the environment so that (for example) recycling has become the de facto "moral" position regardless of its actual merits. I fear the same will come true for many of the policies pushed by the global warmers. They won't "win" big, but they will change what "decent" people are allowed to think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-35242489057816614112007-10-18T11:27:00.000-04:002007-10-18T11:27:00.000-04:00CommieCommieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com