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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:25 AM Original message |
GD experiment: What do you think about this statement? |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. I like it.....n/t |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. I believe that is true |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. Very true. |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. False, democracy is about deciding what is best for the common good and how to pay for it fairly. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I was thinking something similar, but hadn't really formulated my response. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well. . . wasn't slavery a "compromise" in the Constitution ... leading to the Civil War? |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Not really . . . |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 01:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Of course slavery was a COMPROMISE with the South -- |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. Thought I'd kick this. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Thanks for the kick! |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. True. That's the foundation of Democracy. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. I agree. A democratic society cannot exist without compromise |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Compromise is give and take. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 01:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. If you were an African in America, how would you have felt about "compromise" . . . |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 01:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. What I think is worthy of democracy is "a good deal for both parties" . . . |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. These are all excellent points. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
17. Deliberation and compromise are for the weak-minded |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 10:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. And too often "compromise" is really blackmail . . . |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. if you put.... |
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SergeyDovlatov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. Compromise is not a virtue and leads to bad results. |
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