Gene Kearns wrote:
Generally, I disregard, via filter, this OT crap, but I've cut the
filter off for a few days to diagnose some network issues and this one
caught my eye, as it singles out my profession, and is egregiously
incorrect and biased.

"Academia is a collective term for the scientific and cultural
community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
(1)" and is, by definition, a general term.

I hold degrees in the Social Sciences and in Technology and I can tell
you from experience that those Liberal Arts teachers tend to be, uh,
well, liberal..... and those tending to the technical subjects tend to
be more conservative. There is no one *academia* that can be dissected
for the one and true belief system of "academics"..

Agreed. A very good point.



The preponderance of my co-workers are retired military. Guess where
they fall on you alleged continuum?

Actually, this is a case of stereotyping too. I know a large number of
retired military quite well; many of them are conservatives, some are
liberal... one trend I would state with some confidence is that pretty
much all the liberals dislike President Bush, about half the
conservatives think he's doing a poor job running the country but prefer
him to any possible liberal, and they *all* seem to despise Vice
President Cheney. So, one cannot over-generalize even on the basis of
core political beliefs.


Posting straw-man foolishness merely serves to promote trolling and
other venues of ignorance and hate.

Well said. Please observe that in my OT posts, a recurring theme is that
people should be HONEST in their statements. A political belief and/or
religion which cannot withstand collision with the facts is too flimsy
to work out in the real world.


Tell me about your boat......


They say a picture's worth a thousand words...
http://community.webshots.com/album/63279185YQtgSA

Unlike most people on this NG, I don't have an outboard and don't fish.
It's my excuse for posting too much about politics.

Regards
Doug King