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<DIV>Chas,</DIV>
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<DIV>You claim that conservatives on this list have not demonstrated an ability
to argue cogently. You, presumably, are superior to us. How dare we
presume to play in your sandbox? Don't we realize that liberalism is the
only legitimate worldview?</DIV>
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<DIV>What complete and total hogwash. You only demonstrate your elitism
and arrogance with ridiculous positions such as that. To cloak your
hostility to differing views behind a facade of intellectual superiority is
manifestly obnoxious. I'd put my skills as a persuasive writer up against
yours any day. And you'd lose Chas. Why? Because folks who
find themselves in disagreement with you (the majority) resent being
characterized as morons, bozos, mindless followers, frothers, foamers and the
like.</DIV>
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<DIV>Unfortunately, as Thomas Sowell pointed out in "Vision of the Anointed",
there will always be a percentage of the population who feel they are superior
to the rest of us; who feel they are more sophisticated and refined than
the rest of us; who feel they are justified in determining how we are to
live our lives and who feel comfortable ridiculing the "benighted"
majority. There will always be tyrannical elitists who don't understand
freedom.</DIV>
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<DIV>And unfortunately, Chas, it appears you will always be one of their
number.</DIV>
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<DIV>But that doesn't prevent me from wishing you well with your new forum,
GROUPTHINK MOSCOW.</DIV>
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<DIV>Catchy name, that.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best, --Tony</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>