From: nic nott (gnicgnostic@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Sun Jun 08 2003 - 20:03:26 BST
johnny moral <johnnymoral@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hello Mr West,
People come to be republicans or democrats because of the experiences they
have. There is a reason for everything. A republican can't just will
himself to be a democrat. This is why people try to have persuasive
political arguments - they are trying to become the reason for someone's
will to change. Otherwise, if there was free will, we wouldn't bother,
because even after a great argument, a person would ignore you, ignore the
quality, and choose arbitrariliy. Elections would all be equal 50/50
splits, with a random winner each time. I like to think that we choose who
we think is higher quality.
(And I wouldn't be the first to point out that the choice between Bush and
Gore wasn't much of a choice, and the american people had very little say in
what their choice was - it was the Giant that chose our president, for its
benefit. If I had free will, and existed in my own world, Alan Keyes would
be president. But I don't, so i had to choose Bush, I didn't have a
choice.)
Johnny
I'm sorry , are you really trying to argue that having free will means that you cannot have your mind changed by a reasoned argument , thats ridiculous .
Nic
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