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Originally Posted by michael1111
no...i presented evidence hoping to show that ALL people in 'power' are corrupt and do rotten things, since it seems so popular and easy to always pick on the right lately. what im saying i wont debate, is who does more killing. im so tired of the left and right proving how great their side is by pointing out the faults of the others. it would be nice if it was more often a pissing contest about the good things they do. anyhow, thats what i wasnt going to debate- who murders more. i didnt present it that way and i wont debate it that way...
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Then you are missing the entire point. In your deliberate refusal to differentiate shades of grey (or guilt), you somehow think you're amazingly enlightened. It doesn't work that way. Two groups of people may both be guilty, but is shoplifting the same as car theft? Is tax evasion the same thing as genocide? These are choices. And they must be made. Life isn't perfect, and you aren't going to get Mother Theresa running for office. Sorry to break the news to you, by the way.
By wishing a pox on both houses and walking away with your nose in the air, you remove yourself from the ability to make any change. In all situations, we have a choice, often the lesser of two evils.
Your attitude was precisely what put Bush in office: the Nader wingnuts decided that there was really no difference between the Democrats and the Republicans - so they threw away their votes and we got Shit-For-Brains in the White House.