tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post113710894168569791..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Proxy ValueAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1137508905474988852006-01-17T09:41:00.000-05:002006-01-17T09:41:00.000-05:00It is a common & inevitable problem. We can't have...It is a common & inevitable problem. We can't have expertise on everything so that it is easier & much more comfortable to accept the opinions our friends.<BR/><BR/>Thus those keenest on threatening us with CO2 caused global warming are, with a few honourable exceptions, against nuclear reactors. The only correlation being a luddite worldview.neil craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157898238945726349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1137213962967572042006-01-13T23:46:00.000-05:002006-01-13T23:46:00.000-05:00I think the distinction between them has been expl...I think the distinction between them has been explored frequently. I see the similarity as superficial, but it seems to carry a lot of emotional force. <BR/><BR/>Certainly, you can find folks so frothing for retributive justice that you wonder how it fits with a prolife stance emotionally, even if it holds up philosophically. I don't meet such folks in real life, but I encounter them in online comments sections.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1137193855110458102006-01-13T18:10:00.000-05:002006-01-13T18:10:00.000-05:00Another consideration:For the death penalty but pr...Another consideration:<BR/>For the death penalty but prolife.<BR/>-DougAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com