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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

"Well, any great man will."

Some people think that the only way to go through life is to attack your opponents viciously and decisively. Anything else is weakness, timidness, and dishonesty. It saddens me to think that someone would look at that video and think it's something to admire.

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

While I can be tenacious about things at time, I don't believe in the blanket statement that it is better to stand for something than to fall. Life is about compromises most of the time. That and one can only spend so much time imposing one's own ideals on others.

I agree completely. Pres Bush is also one to attack, and to never back down (even when you're wrong) and that leaves no ground for changing information. When you learn new information, and that changes your decision, but your personal worldview says that changing your decisions is a weakness, we get the current administration, who will never back down even when it becomes clear they are wrong. "I decided, and I'm always right, so anybody else is wrong". I'm not ok with this.

I don't think changing your views and changing your mind to suit new information is a weakness. Changing your views due to polling is quite likely a bad thing, but when the information says your initial analysis is wrong, please feel free to change it.

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I find it amusing that such a reference would be analyzed to find some deeper meaning. As if it really matters?

But that's the name of the game with politics! Politicians throw out veiled statements, and everybody interprets (and misinterprets) at will. Especially in our sound-bite culture, one has to say many things with few words.

I prefer a non-sound-bite world, where I can express myself at will.