Politics is Boring

Originally posted by Poison Godmachine
You changed mine about the primaries.

Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that. Of course, that was more of an in-house debate, since our political leanings are very similar.

Thanks Rahul.

Originally posted by KellyJay
Most of us have a source we go to for the bottom line for truth. be it
dictionaries, text books, and so on.
Kelly

What? Did you say dictionaries?

Originally posted by darvlay
What? Did you say dictionaries?

It is a simple of matter of going to the source of what you believe
to be truth on any given subject, in some cases dictionaries will
do, in other cases it could be text book, or a book written by a so
called expert. With Christians it is simply going to the Word of
God, to end or start some discussions. With each it will depend on
the context of the discussion, for some discussions it would be "The
rules of the road" for California. With scripture the source is higher
than mankind the final authority. With all text after that is rightly
dividing what the text says. The issue of if that text is an authority
isn't really something the Christian can force on anyone, like the
"Rules of the road" for whatever state you happen to be driving in,
the power behind the book rests with the government to enforce, with
scripture it would be God. Both can be rejected but doing so runs the
risk of going afoul of that power too.
Kelly

Originally posted by darvlay
Is there anything more fruitless and repetitive than arguing Politics? Maybe religion.

No.

It is so boring.

I just want everything to happen without me. I want a giant war. I want to be invited to visit the death camps. I want to dig graves for jews. And poles. I just think politics stinks. We could be watching the simpsons fer christ's sake!

Originally posted by bbarr
Have you ever witnessed somebody change their position on a political issue on the basis of an argument or a debate?

Yes.

It happens all the time on a local level (at least where I am, and I suspect everywhere in the States). It probably happens a little less often regarding state issues (I'm in California), and it does seem less common for perceived national issues.

I think discussions and debates are actually more important than voting, as voting has very little chance of changing someone's mind or of educating them.

However, I think most people confuse name-calling with debate. Saying "so-and-so is a moron, obviously" or "anyone can tell such-and-such is stupid" is hardly debate, and I can't imagine that any thinking person sees such a statement and changes their mind because they don't want to be a moron or stupid. Unfortunately, this seems to be the tenor of many of the posts in these forums.