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I'm at a loss, here. August 22, 2012 12:57 pm alcaray

Setting aside the financial malfeasance and violation of election laws, should we consider -this- a moral thing to do?  Has politics gotten to the point where we use game theory to find advantage but discard morality and propriety as disadvantageous?  I think I’ve gotten too old.

  • You've got to pull your head out of the echo chamber. by TB 2012-08-22 13:36:30
    • Yea, yea. Sources are bad if they aren't your sources. by alcaray 2012-08-22 14:16:53
      • Echo chamber? The Miami Herald? by ER 2012-08-22 13:53:18
        • TPM Muckraker. Two stories, right in a row. by TB 2012-08-22 15:09:48
          • True. I'd have told you if you asked. So? by alcaray 2012-08-22 15:25:47
            • It only makes sense by ER 2012-08-22 16:27:54
              • Last week's Science Friday had a discussion on exactly this topic by podrock 2012-08-22 16:10:23
                • Material should be referenced by ER 2012-08-22 16:45:56
                  • Back to antiquity, no. by podrock 2012-08-22 17:13:54
                    • On further thought, it wasn't really fair for me to lean into alcaray on this. by TB 2012-08-22 18:12:53
                      • On a far more salient note... WHAT ABOUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER? by BuckGalaxy 2012-08-22 23:16:59
                        • Welcome to my world. by TB 2012-08-23 08:14:28
                          • You should own some responsibility for the state of your world. by alcaray 2012-08-23 11:41:36
                        • I love you man. by alcaray 2012-08-22 20:10:20
                          • I didn't think so, good of you to say so. by podrock 2012-08-22 18:32:25
                            • Accepted. by TB 2012-08-22 18:53:32
                              • My apologies. by podrock 2012-08-22 19:09:59
                  • Oh yeah, you're so clever. by ER 2012-08-22 15:12:16
                    • You asked. by TB 2012-08-22 15:14:45

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