"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Larry Kessler" wrote:

Unwillingness to accept your premises and conclusions doesn't
necessarily mean we don't understand your arguments and explanations.

Actually, that's exactly what it means.

You certainly are impressed with the infallibility of those arguments.
Tell me, are you perfect in every other way as well?

Has it never crossed your mind that others may not find them as
convincing as you? Isn't that what independent thought is all about?
Listening to arguments from either side of a debate and drawing one's
own conclusions?

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managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard units...Of the
many tragedies of Vietnam, this raw class discrimination strikes me
as the most damaging to the ideal that all Americans are created equal
and owe equal allegiance to their country."
-- Colin Powell’s autobiography, My American Journey, p. 148