[MD] Is ideological thinking hard wired?

[Heather Perella]

How about the newer 'War on Cancer', which has been
declared?  You know what, I think a war of sickness,
death, and aging needs to happen, too... hahahah.  As
if declaring a "War on..." makes it extra special all
of a sudden.

SA


> [Khaled on the War on Poverty]
> We have been here before. No properly thinking
> progressive denies 
> that welfare needs to be reformed. The system should
> only be there as 
> a temporary safety net, and not a way of life.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Stop using common sense, Khaled. The only thing here
> we have a place 
> for is propagandistic rhetoric.
> 
> Certainly, no one thinks that the "War on Poverty"
> will eradicate 
> poverty and more than they should think that the
> "War on Drugs" will 
> eradicate drug use, or the "War on Terror" will
> eradicate terrorism. 
> Quite frankly, I find the "war metaphor" to be part
> of the problem. 
> In fact, when you hear someone say "the War on..."
> you can pretty 
> much bet that the only thing that will follow is
> useless party rhetoric.
> 
> Arlo (Footsolider in the "War on Beerlessness")
> 
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