Robot

Get it right, or else: "If we do not use current political momentum to fundamentally reform a system which has shown itself to be unstable and even dangerous, a second opportunity may come at a very high price."

2houndz = sweet name!! Actually, I'm just trying to be nice.

Remington is implying that political momentum in and of itself will lead to hasty and costly mistakes. That isn't true in the slightest. Sure, political momentum has the possibility to lead to hasty mistakes, but political momentum can be the catalyst for positive change as well! There are historical examples of both. Political momentum may be just what we need to drive reform now rather than attempting to cautiously apply a band-aid to a flesh wound! By the way, there are arguments that support both sides. My only fear is that if we wait too long to undertake reform we will end up with a problem temporarily solved through other means (for example, time itself).
Also, in reading Remington’s comments he seems to dumb things down to republicans vs. democrats/conservatives vs. liberals. Read with my understanding of who Remington is, his statement reads, “Left-dominated, political momentum = hasty, costly mistakes.” This is a dumbing down of the situation at hand. I could be wrong and I am absolutely open to that, but unless I am corrected that is all I have to operate off of.

With regards to your response, I wouldn’t disagree that haste should be avoided, but purposeful urgency isn’t a bad thing.



On Mar 25 08:01 PM 2houndz wrote:

> Robot = Dumbass who can't read inference.
>
> Nowhere above is anyone suggesting that we don't need reform, we
> just don't need to do it in such a hurry and under such duress that
> legislation doesn't get read before being signed into law. We now
> know from experience that when that happens more legislation is needed
> the very next week to adjust the law Congress signed that they didn't
> even read.