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You're hanging out on the wrong streets!
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Hum? thats what my parents used to say!
I think my problem is trying to use common sense, where common sense doesn't apply. Politics.
Here is an example that cracks me up.
The whole WMD argument:
On the news I saw labs found in Iraq that were used in making chemical/biological agents. On the news I saw canisters used to store chemical/biological agents, and some which still contained traces of Sarin. On the news I saw rockets found in Iraq, which they were not supposed to have, capable of delivering chemical/biological agents. Yet because they did not find a rocket on a launching pad with a chemical/biological warhead attached, there were no WMD's in Iraq and Bush lied.
Now I'm not saying all this evidence proves for a fact the Iraq had WMD's, but I would go as far as to say the evidence certainly points to the possibility. And yet in this case, evidence is not enough. Only a WMD in hand, and maybe not even then, would be required before some people would admit that Iraq could well have WMD's.
The whole Evolution argument:
I have seen on the news that because there is evidence that evolution happened on a micro level, it's proof that all living organisms evolved from the same parent. Never mind that no such evidence of macro evolution ever happening has been found, kind of like the missing WMD's, the fact that evidence shows it could have happened is good enough to call it a fact.
Now I'm not saying macro evolution never happened, only that so far there is no evidence to support the theory. I suppose thats why it's still only a theory. It's just that some feel there is enough evidence for them to call it a fact. Hum? kind of like the WMD theory isn't it?
So as you can see common sense does not apply when it comes to political issues.