carlsonjok
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| Quote (dheddle @ Oct. 14 2008,10:39) | carlsonjok
| Quote | | Of course, Dave, but before you consider yourself vindicated for having a drawn a moral equivalence and, thus, avoided the actual question, let me ask you something. Wouldn't you agree that actual, demonstrated acts of self-policing are morally superior to the mere assurance that such self-policing will take place? Or do you doubt that ACORN, and thus Ed, is being honest about it? |
I doubt ACORN is being honest about it. And no, I wouldn't agree that "demonstrated acts of self-policing are morally superior to the mere assurance that such self-policing will take place?" at least not substantively. Why are all these states investigating ACORN? Because of serious concerns. |
Concerns that were apparently raised by ACORN themselves; a point that you cannot seem to acknowledge. Having said that, I am not exactly sure how to find common ground with someone who sees no discernible difference between merely promising something and the actual act of delivering on that promise.
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What I don't understand is why anyone could be opposed to such an investigation. Voter registration should be taken seriously. |
Serious strawman, Dave. I never said I was opposed to an investigation and if you go back and read for content you will see that I didn't. The issue I am trying to engage you on isn't that the investigation is illegitimate it is that there is exculpating information that you are refusing to acknowledge. I can, with tongue partly in cheek, only conclude that your politics more closely resemble your religion rather than your science: All apologetics, little actual evidence.
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It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it. We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)
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