Archive for August 5th, 2005

Aug 05 2005

Rudeness redeux

Published by Karl under Liberals, Politics

I previously posted my feelings here on rudeness in the midst of political discourse(http://tinyurl.com/73jzj and http://tinyurl.com/7wpek ). As always these things resurface, and a couple things came to mind. The first was a quotation running through my mind, from Robert Heinlein in his book Friday. The quote deals with what he felt was one of the worst signs of a dying culture.

"…a dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than a riot. "

This struck me as I read about a couple local events, and considered them in light of the quote and my previous blogs. First, the head of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation wrote an article on voter reform in response to the debacle of voting problems we had here in Washington. I wont argue the merits of it, except to say that any help would be a big help. Rep Jim Moeller (d) from our states Legislature responded with this email:

Sour grapes Mr. Williams! You are a Republican (or perhaps Libertarian). Your candidate lost. End of story. People aren’t being prosecuted because there was no fraud. You and the Republican party went venue shopping hoping you could find a sympathetic ear in Eastern Washington for your pleas and what you got was an ear full. Why or why did I not hear you howls of protest of fraud, enhanced ballots, and illegal voting after the presidential election of 2000? Because you candidate won! Jesus, you are so transparent as to be comical. Move on Mr. Williams or better yet, just move. Sincerely,

Representative Jim Moeller 49th Legislative District P. O. Box 40600 Olympia, WA 98504-0600 360-786-7872

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