On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:52:58 -0500, Dave Hall
wrote in :

These posts are getting too big. I did read your entire reply, and
except for the parts where we found common ground, there was little
content that wasn't obviously flawed. So I snipped the common ground
as well as your nit-picking, blatant denials, selective snipping, and
hypocritical criteria for the determination of fact:


Contrary to the opinion of some, you -can- have ideals and be
realistic at the same time. You just have to keep yourself balanced.

It's a tough thing, when reality stomps on idealism with increasing
regularity.


Idealism motivates change. And things do change whether you like it or
not. Whether those changes work in your favor or not is dependent upon
how willing you are to accept those changes and the idealism that
motivates them.

Now if there is any topic you feel needs to be addressed then feel
free to reply again using a -rational- argument.