It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - some old dead Greek guy

The signature line starts feeling very relevant again reading that last stroke of genius, but instead of it I suppose another quote from Sinyavsky will do as well:

"The intellectual admitted the multiplicity of truths, subjected everything, himself included, to doubt and analysis, merited his reputation as the 'critical spirit'. This psychological type was out of place in the world of socialism, build on unambiguous, black-andwhite foundations. What complexity could there be if there was only one truth, objective and absolute in its scientific infallibility?"

I'm no big fan of the "learn from history" camp, but can't help thinking that in here it might have some relevance.

Here is the wet dream of people who think that half of the population shouldn't vote:

What The 2012 Election Would Have Looked Like Without Universal Suffrage


A language question to the native speakers: doesn't the term "Universal Suffrage" have the historical connotation of referring only to women's voting rights?

Nope, that'd be "women's suffrage". Universal means non property holders, blacks, indians and every other group that weren't originally allowed to vote.

"Suffrage" just means the right to vote. The fight for women's suffrage was a very high profile one...probably more so than the right for blacks to vote, since that was a result of the Civil War and there were a lot of other issues surrounding that event. Women's suffrage was it's own individual issue, so that's probably why the word "suffrage" is associated with women's voting rights.

Ah, thanks, got this somehow mixed up. I'm glad that your nation has overcome voting tests and stuff like this, which obviously some people would like to see reintroduced... :-?

Heck yeah. It was a big mistake to give transients the vote. :yep:

Hey, you misspelled Americans! :O:

Alright, so who is the Bubblehead1980 approved candidate for this year?

And from the first page of this thread....

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...7&postcount=12

:D

Alex Jones probably.

Somebody probably already noticed this.... but this is an amazing statement.

So now we have a President Elect who ran on conservative topics:

Fix illegal immigration (starting with border control)
Remove governmental regulation
Repeal Obamacare
Lower taxes
Deal with Islamic Terror

Even with all his personal negatives - the conservative PLATFORM (note - not "republican") still won because it was articulated clearly (though in many ways, bombastically).

Like I said - conservatism wins when its not moderated.

And for the record - my vote for PUSA was a write in.....

I should have kept my big mouth shut.