Quote Originally Posted by medicinal
Man are you delusional or what? There is truth....
....I'm hoping you can add a little fun to your dismal life and start seeing humanity as a well meaning but blundering bunch of hapless souls....
truth is something experienced, not merely taken on faith. possibly you have some personal knowledge that the rest of us lack, but i am a mere mortal and not privy to events beyond my perception. yes, there are the small everyday truths; but you know perfectly well that wasn't what i was talking about. if you spent a little time collecting facts you would find that there are very few. most of the available information is opinion and even that varies so widely, there is no true consensus. since i have no agenda to forward, i'm not about to blithely back one set of opinions and ignore the rest. i realize that this leaves me with few causes to fight for, but i'd much rather be fully informed before i go charging into the fray than fight meaningless battles on shaky ground. i'm sure that you believe your set of gathered opinions and could recite them chapter and verse, just as i'm sure that i could find a set of opinions to counter each of yours. if you go looking for facts to fit your opinions, you will most certainly find them.

as for humanity:

dealing with bumbling oafs on a day to day basis is all fine and dandy. the fools we meet in daily life are harmless and they keep life interesting and, on occasion, humorous. it's when they're given power that they become dangerous and in this country they are given the power to install cretins into some of the most powerful positions on earth. being well-meaning may be good enough when you're deciding what to buy your wife on valentines day, but in the political arena it takes informed decisions as well. that "blundering bunch of hapless souls" has given us 16 years under totally useless presidents, 8 years with a charming lout and 8 years with a moronic zealot, and i don't see them doing much better in the near future.

but, believe it or not, i do still have hope. i guess i'm as big a fool as the rest of 'em.


well, my work here is done. i've insulted both democrats and republicans, conservatives and liberals. i've condemned the very basis of our political system and claimed that all available information is tainted. i really feel good about myself and i think i deserve another bowl.
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