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[amenirdis]

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[amenirdis]

Well, let's see

[amenirdis]

Apparently the way the boundaries have moved I'm a moderate. My mantra is "it depends."

[amenirdis]

I expect in the UK you'd be a Social Democrat and I'd be Labour. But they often vote the same way on issues, and I imagine you and I would. Apparently I'm not a liberal because I am not a pacifist nor do I believe intervention is always wrong. I believe it was supremely stupid in Iraq, but I don't believe it's always wrong.

[kynical]

Don't feel bad. I got called a conservative last week. That was an...enlightening conversation.

[amenirdis]

Ok. Why?

[kynical]

Intervention in Syria. I'm a pacifist for moral, religious, and ethical reasons. I also, seem to realize that flowers and logic will not keep dictators from slaughtering their own people.

[amenirdis]

Ah! I am not a pacifist, as I think that sometimes the only way to keep people from doing horrible things is to bust their butt. It's good to turn the other cheek, but not to turn your back. So I'm with you on Syria.