Listened for a while today to the OPB coverage of the US Senate debate about authorizing military force against Iraq. I found them more eloquent and polite than I expected. And both sides presented arguments that showed they held a perspective that made their choice the right one within their world view.
Strangely, I was reassured. The thought of people killing each other always makes me a little queasy. No matter if it's a national and declared war or a little street shooting or capital punishment, I'd like to think we could come up with better ways to resolve our differences.
But at least our representatives are debating. They are offering both sides of the issue, and trying to decide in a reasonably rational manner.
And, humanly, we haven't yet come up with a better way to run a nation.
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