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Great issue...very informative on electrification...
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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="carnej1"] <P>I figure this thread will probably be locked pretty soon so most likely I'm wasting keystrokes, but I'm amazed that the number of posters who don't seem to understand the difference between the following arguments:</P> <P>A. After reading the article the person posting does not agree with the the author's premise... i.e it is the not the governments job to use taxpayers money to fund major infrastructure programs for the benefit of private industry.</P> <P>versus...</P> <P>B .After reading the article the person posting is appalled that TRAINS magazine is part of the "mainstream media" and are brainwashing railfans into supporting a socialist plot to destroy the railroad industry..</P> <P>The first argument is a valid point of argument about the subject at hand and involves the political aspects of the debate and the posters political views...the second is a case of poltical talk radio call- in show style soapboxing and is why so many threads get locked and deleted lately..</P> <P>My point being that it is entirely possible to debate a subject on this forum, including political aspects, without the discussion degenerating into purely partisan/ideological bickering.....</P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=georgia,palatino size=3>In reference to your example above:</FONT></P><FONT size=3><FONT face=georgia,palatino> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=georgia,palatino size=3>Some of this thread is “A.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I don’t know where you got “B,” but I don’t see it here.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You may be inferring it, but I don’t see it existing.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=georgia,palatino></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=georgia,palatino>Can you please cite examples of posts in this thread that meet your definition of “B”?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please refer to page number and number of the post from top of page.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thanks in advance.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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