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Well, you don quite have your "facts" correct. Just make up a bunch of stuff and maybe a weak minded person will believe your opinion. But then opinions are like -------, everyone has one. .....
JR,......."opinions" that I disagree with, this one attacking Ms. Elena's views ......
Originally Posted by JRLawrence
Yes, I was a bully; sorry! But then, I am just as hard on myself. It is what I am used to. In tough discussions, it is necessary to demand exactness. All science meetings are like that. No feelings are allowed - ever: only the "OBSERVED AND PROVABLE FACTS". We are all entitled to our feelings, but that is not an informed opinion.
Ms. Elena does a fine job of expressing herself, but when she says it is her opinion without any reason; it is in fact her feelings, undocumented and unsupported. There is nothing wrong with that, we are all entitled to our feelings. I apologize for not addressing her feelings, and supporting them.
Recent journalism methods search out the feelings of the person on the street; because it is too hard for a reporter to dig deeply into a subject, and give an informed opinion. It is the lazy way out for what has recently presented itself as "News", when it is nothing of the sort.
My feelings about Sara Palin are: fear of the tendency of people to walk in a lock step with the words of a charismatic speaker.
With good regards to Silly Girl who has cautioned against ever using Hitler: Hitler was a compelling charismatic speaker. I have listened to 78 rpm records of this speeches. His ability to inspire is amazing, and I wish I had a better command of the spoken German language (When I was young the ability to translate German was required, if you wanted to ever do science research; most of the important documents for math, chemistry, physics, early electronics, medicine and a lot of psychology were in German in the 50's & 60's.)
I don't like the man (that is my feelings), but the facts are that he was greatly admired, and loved, by the vast majority of 79.7 million people (1939 census). An interesting thing about the study of Hitler, and the madness of crowds, is that he modeled his political rallies after American Football games. To me, that is a twist of political logic.
The final observation is that Ruth Benedict in her book "Patterns of Culture" discussed how behavior is strongly influenced by custom and tradition.
- “The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community.”
- “No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.”
How does this relate to Sara Palin?
JR