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In reply to the discussion: Men [View all]H2O Man
(73,536 posts)One of the primary reasons that I post some essays here, is to make people think. I state my opinion, and sometimes people agree, other times they disagree, but more often than anything, people read part or all, but do not respond.
On topics such as this, there are a number of responses that are easy to predict. That can be a good thing, if it leads to a meaningful discussion. On the other hand, there are a few that I simply ignore. I never read, much less respond, to their posts on DU. But they post on mine OPs.
Whatever gets posted in the responses to an OP are helpful, in that they provide more for readers who don't comment,to think about. And I am confident that people are capable of thinking for themselves. They have life experiences that allow them to decide if one person is telling the truth, and another is twisting facts/ statistics.
This has been an interesting discussion of a controversial subject.