When politics funds everything, politics will control everything.

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When politics funds everything, politics will control everything.

TB — 12/23/2012 8:59:03 PM (archived)

This is too easily forgotten, and everyone assumes their side will always be the controllers.

It's interesting that nobody seems to think there is any way to fund this kind of research except by government.

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An opinion on gun control - TB - 12/22/2012 3:33:34 AM
- Following the broader Conservative pattern. - bowser - 12/22/2012 5:00:43 AM
  - I share your dismay - mcfly - 12/22/2012 4:16:34 PM
    - Us vs. Them - MaryAnne - 12/23/2012 6:59:18 PM
      - When politics funds everything, politics will control everything. - TB - 12/23/2012 8:59:03 PM
        
        However did we get any objective data out of government studies? - MaryAnne - 12/23/2012 9:14:35 PM
        
        The subject was whether or not something gets funded in the first place, not what the results end up being. - TB - 12/23/2012 10:25:31 PM
        
        Grant-funded projects make up a lot of research funding. - MaryAnne - 12/23/2012 10:56:20 PM
    - Well... - TB - 12/22/2012 6:52:22 PM
      - There's a couple of assumptions you and others seem to be making about my position - mcfly - 12/23/2012 10:45:58 PM
        
        Immediate action - MaryAnne - 12/23/2012 11:43:06 PM
        
        I realize we all react to things differently - mcfly - 12/24/2012 12:28:09 AM
        
        Lynch mobs have outrage. - TB - 12/24/2012 3:25:53 AM
        
        well gee, you've figured me out, haven't you? - mcfly - 12/24/2012 10:57:03 AM
        
        Re: well gee, you've figured me out, haven't you? - TB - 12/24/2012 4:18:34 PM
        
        I knew I should have smacked you for that one. - MaryAnne - 12/26/2012 10:07:57 PM
        
        Definitions. - TB - 12/27/2012 5:25:14 PM
        
        Re: Definitions. - Jody - 12/27/2012 6:29:36 PM
        
        Of course not. - TB - 12/27/2012 6:42:58 PM
        
        Re: Of course not. - Jody - 12/27/2012 7:16:10 PM
        
        TB, you accused me of having a "lynch mob" mentality, of "emotional fanaticism" - mcfly - 12/26/2012 8:28:47 PM
        
        The idea was raised that "absence of outrage" was a "dereliction." - TB - 12/26/2012 9:33:46 PM
        
        Gotcha - mcfly - 12/26/2012 10:16:57 PM
        
        Re: Gotcha - Jody - 12/27/2012 2:22:30 AM
        
        "Worn down" - RobVG - 12/27/2012 1:51:49 AM
        
        No, please... - MaryAnne - 12/26/2012 10:21:49 PM
        
        I'm trying to think of what, exactly, to do myself. - MaryAnne - 12/24/2012 1:04:13 AM
      - I don't think you believe very much of this post. - bowser - 12/22/2012 7:21:55 PM
        
        "Do you really think that the US couldn’t control guns if it wanted to?" - TB - 12/22/2012 7:52:43 PM
        
        Take a plane someplace and then tell me the US cannot control gun possession. - bowser - 12/22/2012 8:57:42 PM
        
        "Take a plane someplace and then tell me the US cannot control gun possession." - TB - 12/22/2012 10:20:00 PM

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