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Ian David

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1. Let's start an after-school club to do stuff. We'll call it The After School Club.

Reply to Boojatta (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 07:38 PM

Mar 2012

Every day, we will meet after school, and argue whether we want to play chess, hold track meets, fight for gay rights or preach sexual abstinence.

You will never know what will happen when you show up, who will be there, or whether or not there will be any consensus on what we want to do.

Bring your running shoes.

And your SCUBA gear.

And your Dungeons and Dragons books.

And your bible.

It's all up for grabs.

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I'm making this post by Skinner into the basis for a thread [View all] Boojatta Mar 2012 OP

Let's start an after-school club to do stuff. We'll call it The After School Club. Ian David Mar 2012 #1

Political problems are not soluble. It's that simple. REAL politics is the art of compromise... saras Mar 2012 #2

"If political ideology provides techniques for solving political problems" - I don't think it does muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #3

You asserted that there's a fundamental difference. Boojatta Mar 2012 #9

The difference is some see it as a problem, and some as desirable muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #10

The fundamental difference is that any possible solutions are mutually exclusive. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #12

The questions not being asked alferoutou Mar 2012 #4

One person's "political problem" is another person's greatly desired situation. Fumesucker Mar 2012 #5

What if you are in the funeral business? Boojatta Mar 2012 #8

How can you solve or even define a political problem if you don't have an ideology? Happyhippychick Mar 2012 #6

I am willing to assume, for the sake Boojatta Mar 2012 #7

Our government has fairly strong separation of religion and state and still many laws Bluenorthwest Mar 2012 #13

I think it would be impossible to find a population which is devoid of political leanings because Happyhippychick Mar 2012 #16

The "How" of solving a political problem is very important Ohio Joe Mar 2012 #11

I'd say that the how is the only important thing. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #14

I disagree with Skinner too, most political parties exist to seize and hold power. bemildred Mar 2012 #15

Non-partisan political parties is like a barbecue contest where flavor is banned. Zalatix Mar 2012 #17