In a message dated 7/8/2004 11:14:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Out of curiosity, so what? Would adultery somehow be > better if they were going around saying "It's a good > thing?" Isn't hypocrisy in this situation > _preferable_ to the alternative? Or, as (weirdly > enough) both National Review and The New Republic have > _both_ written in the last few months, why is > hypocrisy the _only_ sin anyone on the left seems to > care about? > Becaue for years the right has taken to castigating the left for being imnoral and used this as a political club. When you do this and it turns out that you are guilty of the same sins the other side has every right to point out that you are a hippocrite. Also the left truely is more tolerant of human frailty and less likely to attack someone for less than ideal behavior (because they are not hippocritical) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
