The real problem is 100 percenters!

topic posted Wed, April 11, 2007 - 12:45 PM by  Yul
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100 percenters -- as former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson explained -- are those who are 100 percent certain that their beleifs are correct. This, of course, means anyone of any ideology can be a 100 percenter. But one of the most widely-known of the 100 percenters is G.W. Bush. Believeing his Iraq policies are 100 percent correct, he (seemingly) will never change his mind on the issue. Unfortunately in this world of imperfect people, 100 percentism (Or is that percenterism?) is dangerous because it disregards the unavoidable reality of human imperfection. It would make sense for a perfect human being to be a 100 percenter. But according to my obviously imperfect knowlwdge, perfect people don't exist. Personally, I blame that in part on the Second Law of Thermdynamics.

Anyway, I have a policy of rejecting 100 percentism. As such, I tend not to believe the words of 100 percenters since they very likely are as imperfect as I am. But then the question is, how do we effectively deal with 100 percenters? My answer to that question is, I don't know. After all, I am imperfect and I am subject to the Second Law of Thermdynamics.
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  • Re: The real problem is 100 percenters!

    Wed, April 11, 2007 - 11:55 PM
    <"But one of the most widely-known of the 100 percenters is G.W. Bush. Believeing his Iraq policies are 100 percent correct,">

    Yul, I'm one of those who never thought George Bush was as dumb as he appears. I think in the case of Iraq it's more a question of goals. If you take as a given that he was out to reshape the middle east it doesn't matter if his policy is a failure now if he can somehow pull off armed bases in Iraq in the long run. As long as we don't get thrown out of Iraq, he's still in the game. If he can continue to sell his Iraq plan as part of the war on terror and find a republican to succeed him he's a real winner. While it doesn't look like anyone supporting the war could be elected you never know what could happen or be made to happen in the next year. So I don't think it's a matter of his thinking he's 100% right but will the people come to think he's 100% wrong.

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