[MD] subject/object: pragmatism

[Krimel]

[Platt]
Right on. My advice to all writers: Tell me quick and tell me true, 
otherwise to hell with you. 

[Krimel]
I like that one. I may put it on my 'fridge.

[Platt]
To attain ideals you have to state what they are and from whence they come.
The Founding Fathers accomplished both. So did Marx. The results were
quite different.  

[Krimel]
As you note on occasion Marx seems to be alive and well in modern Europe. I
would say his influence has been positive.

[Platt]
Point taken. You appear to accept the tenets of Christianity as your moral 
compass, although I'm not exactly sure why other than it's a Western 
tradition -- not that there's anything wrong with that.

[Krimel]
It would be foolish to reject the morality of your own society. Most who do
are called convicts. Also the Golden Rule is recognized in one form or
another as a moral precept in every culture on Earth. It is surprising to
find a rule that so many agree upon. I would submit that it is biologically
based.