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Tilted Cat Head
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Originally Posted by host
Cynthetiq, it probably will come as no surprise to you that I could not disagree more with what you wrote in your last post.
If we all were willing to document and provide reference links to share what shapes and supports our beliefs and opinions, what a substantive and useful forum this could be!
My main problem is that you seem to dismiss, "out of hand", the damage that is done to opinion that most closely approximates the truth, when distortions are deliberately launched by leaders with "bully pulpits" (Bush and Cheney), who enjoy, but must responsibly shoulder, the privilege and the influence that having every word they utter publicly, end up in print and on broadcast news media.
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But see there is no way to put reference links to facts like an uncle of mine beheaded by the Japanese during the occupation of the Philippines. The belief system of an american caught between asian heritage and american dreams, duty to family and press for individualism. No those things all cannot be referenced in some link as to how it helps one form an opinion when someone reads "facts."
as roachboy would say, you seem to see this as a binary principle where there is only one of two answers, either they have facts that support them or they don't. Sometimes opinion has much more than just a few links that you can quote or put together into a thread.
What makes this forum great is the ability for people to have opinion no matter if facts are there to back them up. It is the forum founder's vision that opinion and lifestyle can be expressed without retribution or cause.
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