alt.education

Gunny Freedom wrote:
>> You know, I'd killfile you, but you're worth a chuckle. What's it like to be
>> the half-dead mouse that the cat plays with?
>>
>> [snip]
>
>Amazingly enough, most human beings over the age of 10 are bright enough
>to recognize that spin does not equal a rational refutation.

Most people over or under the age of 10 don't make any especial
attempt to be "rational" as opposed to "rationalizing".

>Of course,
>many Americans over the age of 25 seem to have become unable to discern
>spin from truth,

Most people over the age of 25 know that "truth" is something never
heard in a political discussion. And that the people who *insist*
that they are speaking truth are the least likely to be doing so.

lojbab