Out of the mouths of babes, well, 18-year olds...

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<p><a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/11/28/opinion/16738.shtml[/url]”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/11/28/opinion/16738.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>On why liberals need to respect conservatives.</p>

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<p>Good article, although I would say it’s about how no matter what your political orientation, you should be able to refer to a rational, logical argument to support your viewpoint.</p>

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<p>Actually this is more about slipping into roles when families gather. The writer has some problems not based on topic or location, but on the family dynamic. Holidays are where older brothers assume the role they haven’t had for three decades. Mom’s and daugthers fall back to the teen years and we all swear we’ll stay home next year. </p>

<p>The topic itself doesn’t matter. It’s a disjointed conflict anyway as one deals with scientific theroy and the other deals with personal faith.</p>

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<p>Maybe the article is about why, if you can’t articulate cogent support for your position, you ought to hold less tightly to it and consider that you might be …wrong.</p>

<p>Here is a link to some letters from an alumni publication regarding the ID debate that struck me as well written, and made the same point that teh author of the original letter made. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.uvamagazine.org/site/c.esJNK1PIJrH/b.2180601/k.4758/9658_Letters.htm[/url]”>http://www.uvamagazine.org/site/c.esJNK1PIJrH/b.2180601/k.4758/9658_Letters.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>As the original post link indirectly noted, such discussion is more likely to take place in the south.</p>

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<p>liberal vs conservatives?</p>

<p>no, its faith vs science…why pretend</p>

<p>what, no conservatives believe in evolution? kind of stereotyping?</p>

<p>I can find many conservatives who believe in science and evolution, and to me, I do think that people that don’t believe it are purposefully picking and choosing what matches their faith</p>

<p>what, believing in a supreme being is more rational>? faith by its very nature is not rational, nor should it be</p>

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<p>I don’t think he knew what he was talking about.</p>