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ER — 10/16/2007 5:47:12 PM (archived)

So the gay moth pheremone dissident is comparable to the typical anti-nuke activist? As long as issues like this get conflated with political or cultural ideologies, it's going to be very difficult for me to see the "other side" very sympathetically. And there will always be an "other side" that takes advantage of the conflict for reasons other than the issue at hand.

I do not publicly engage in the debate through activism, but I know when I challenge this sort of "liberal" mythology in personal debate, my arguments carry great weight because they cannot dismiss me out of hand as a typical reactionary fascist. Alas, I have found that the True Believer, regardless of polarity, fears the critic on his side much more than his total ideological enemy. The latter he can just tune out, the former he has to deal with.

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Not even useful ones... - TB - 10/14/2007 5:07:17 AM
- Scare propaganda at it's finest... - TAFAKSE - 10/15/2007 6:03:57 PM
  - I think the people involved genuinely believe what they say about nuclear power. - alcaray - 10/15/2007 10:35:59 PM
    - re: I think the people involved genuinely believe - TB - 10/16/2007 3:23:06 AM
      - Saving the Earth...one Earth at a time. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/18/2007 4:18:42 AM
        
        Have you spotted the major problems? - TB - 10/18/2007 4:40:42 AM
        
        It seems more like "challenges" is the appropriate term ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/18/2007 8:50:12 AM
        
        re: "challenges" - TB - 10/18/2007 5:36:26 PM
      - I think it's not helpful that... - alcaray - 10/16/2007 5:29:47 AM
        
        I can see why... - ER - 10/16/2007 2:19:01 PM
        
        re: I can see why... - TB - 10/16/2007 4:42:55 PM
        
        Mothman - ER - 10/16/2007 5:47:12 PM
        
        I didn't say "typical." - TB - 10/16/2007 5:53:30 PM
        
        But that's what I heard. - ER - 10/16/2007 6:05:19 PM
        
        Geez. - TB - 10/16/2007 6:46:28 PM
        
        re: Geez. - ER - 10/16/2007 7:28:51 PM
        
        " I felt it put me (a digression) - Jody - 10/16/2007 9:20:08 PM
        
        Thanks, TB....I appreciate your response. - Jody - 10/17/2007 1:08:46 AM
        
        re: a digression - TB - 10/17/2007 12:42:53 AM
        
        Flaw? - RNE - 10/19/2007 1:31:48 PM
        
        I can relate - Dilbert - 10/17/2007 9:38:58 PM
        
        Speaking of engineers... - Laurie Street - 10/18/2007 3:16:39 PM
        
        re: Speaking of engineers... - TB - 10/18/2007 5:40:00 PM
        
        That's it in nut shell - Robert - 10/19/2007 5:48:03 PM
        
        re: That's it in a nut shell - TB - 10/19/2007 6:55:30 PM
        
        If the comic character Dilbert is so damn smart, why isn't he running his own company? - how funny would that be?? (n/t) - LS - 10/19/2007 1:34:25 AM
        
        You're making it too complicated. - TB - 10/17/2007 11:37:33 PM
        
        Well... - TB - 10/17/2007 5:24:30 PM
        
        TB, TB, TB... - Jody - 10/17/2007 7:26:01 PM
        
        re: TB, TB, TB... - TB - 10/17/2007 9:29:53 PM
        
        ;) (n/t) - Jody - 10/18/2007 12:05:06 AM
        
        Was I able to keep the self-righteous mode in check?;) (n/t) - Jody - 10/16/2007 11:24:56 PM
        
        Yes, you were (n/t) - Fox - 10/17/2007 12:44:02 PM
        
        :) (n/t) - Me - 10/17/2007 7:38:05 PM
        
        I can see your point. - TB - 10/16/2007 8:19:57 PM
        
        re: I can see your point. - ER - 10/16/2007 9:02:34 PM
        
        It isn't about the flakes. - TB - 10/17/2007 12:12:24 AM
        
        Think Roosevelt - ER - 10/17/2007 1:43:54 AM
        
        Sounds like a plan. - TB - 10/17/2007 3:14:51 AM
        
        Maybe you're right. - ER - 10/17/2007 3:32:31 AM
- I'd be more impressed - - - - Bowser - 10/14/2007 2:41:04 PM
  - Well put. - TB - 10/14/2007 6:57:34 PM
    - Where we stand on nuclear energy in the world - TB - 10/14/2007 7:02:19 PM

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