From: scouter-AT-pseud.pseud Subject: Re: M-INTRO: Re: Facts and debates (REDHEAD'S) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:07:14 -0600 It's really hard to argue with bobcat, especially when he brings the logic of UHF into the equation...couldn't have said it better myself ----- Original Message ----- From: <bobcat-AT-pseud.pseud> To: <marxism-intro-AT-lists.village.Virginia.EDU> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 7:36 PM Subject: RE: M-INTRO: Re: Facts and debates (REDHEAD'S) > Hidden agendas... conspiracy theories... lesbian Nazi hookers abducted by > UFOs and forced into weight loss programs (anyone who catches the movie > reference wins a point!)... all to be read in next week's edition of the > Enquirer! > > So, how do we expect anything but hidden agendas from our candidates? That > statement just drips with the pessimism that once caused Thomas Hobbes to > proclaim that man is inherently evil and can only be expected to act as > such. > > Maybe I'm one of those naïve people that Redhead is referring to, but I just > don't buy into the hidden agenda hype too much. I may be just naïve enough > to believe that the vast majority of the human race is out there doing the > best they know how. Sure, people are sometimes misinformed, confused, or > inept, but I think that few people are out to willingly, knowingly, and > maliciously exploit his fellow countrymen. > > Now, unless we place politicians in a sub-human or extra-human > classification, can we not assume that most of them are generally good > people too? I know lots of lawyers and politicians, and I can vouch for the > humanity of most of them. Sure, there are exceptions to this rule, but I > believe that it is foolish to be quite so paranoid as some Americans are > today. > > I've said before that I don't like Bush. However, I don't think he had any > "ulterior" motives in going into Iraq. I personally think that he wasn't > after oil, revenge, or a gold star on his forehead. I think that he really > believed what he told us about WMD and terrorism and the like. To me, if > he's guilty of anything than it is ineptitude, not malice. > > --- from list marxism-intro-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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