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Old 11-14-2003, 09:00 AM   #5
Undertoad
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And I don't agree with your main theme, G.

I don't think warch's "everything is political" means exactly what you think it does. It just means that people consider the political aspects of everything, not that politics truly controls everything.

For the most part, politicians try to SAY they are in control of everything, but very little actually changes.

See the partial-birth abortion ban, for example. Both sides believe it is the end of the fucking world either way and the argument is so shrill that neither side needs megaphones. But at the same time, both sides agree that it really only affects maybe less than a thousand people. Incredible amounts of fury, very little change.

If things are political, it doesn't mean that the government controls more things. Look at the weed thread for example. It's against the law with harsh punishments and shrill arguments and Tommy Chong in federal prison, etc. And yet, those who decide to do it, do it ANYWAY and speak freely about it on public message boards. This is a strange kind of control. We certainly don't FEEL controlled.
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