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i've learned through many discussions and pissing matches with tw that he is a vulcan. he believes emotion can and should be removed from discussions and issues. i agree that it should, but i don't believe it can. the human is an emotional animal. it is also a lazy animal. very few will ever dig deep enough to learn the hard reality of a situation so they respond instinctually or emotionally. i believe this recent election is an example of that. many people (the swing voters) didn't so much vote FOR something (democrats) as they voted against the negative emotions caused by the war which emotionally can be set squarely on the shoulders of the republicans. if the D's can avoid stepping on their collective cranks for the next two years the swing voter will feel good about the "change" they've brought and will vote for a D president. we'll see in two years.