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Standards of Political Civility and Darwin's Finches
That means we've once again descended into a morass of partisan invective, not to mention lies, damn lies, and (of course) statistics. Except that this election year it seems that everyone is behaving even worse than last time, when everyone acted even worse than the time before, when, well, do you sense a trend here? I recognize this may be too off topic, but figured I should let you be the judge. Best, Andy |
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History is not the strong point of most technical folks, Bob. And you know what they say about those who don't learn from history.
oh the straight line ... jd why do you do that to me?
There are so many good and historically accurate responses to that which I cant use due to TOS. I have a good half dozen jumping to mind right now, maybe I'll just hold on to them and wait to see if there are a few who desperately cry out for a history lesson.
There are so many good and historically accurate responses to that which I cant use due to TOS. I have a good half dozen jumping to mind right now, maybe I'll just hold on to them and wait to see if there are a few who desperately cry out for a history lesson.
In their own words from 1800:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_zTN4BXvYI
Editors: zap this comment if you must. I won't be offended.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_zTN4BXvYI
Editors: zap this comment if you must. I won't be offended.
Surely one (almost) can't blame you, dear thread-participators, as the article is 90% about politics and nothing else.
Though lots of smear-campaigns are definitely software related too. I remember ISO committee stuffing, conflict of interest of pro-software-patent politicians, resignation of Peter Quinn, and what more (as you see, I mostly remember Microsoft things, which shows my interest).
To me, the most interesting thing is this election receives much less attention in the media than the previous one, at least here in Europe. I think many people (globally) are tired of hearing about US-elections. Count me in as well, please.
Though lots of smear-campaigns are definitely software related too. I remember ISO committee stuffing, conflict of interest of pro-software-patent politicians, resignation of Peter Quinn, and what more (as you see, I mostly remember Microsoft things, which shows my interest).
To me, the most interesting thing is this election receives much less attention in the media than the previous one, at least here in Europe. I think many people (globally) are tired of hearing about US-elections. Count me in as well, please.
Hans, I heard two reports this morning that polling stations are VERY busy today. One station said they had more people vote in the first 90 minutes, than they had during the entire general election 2 years ago.
Of course, the day's not done yet.
Of course, the day's not done yet.
All I will say is get out and vote. Don't tell me who your voting for, just vote. :-)
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I don't think any president has been accused of having 6 children with his slaves since then.