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To: bigtoona

Pragmatism never works out the way pragmatists think it will.


12 posted on 02/08/2016 7:00:09 AM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: EternalVigilance

Pragmatism never works out the way pragmatists think it will.


Pragmatist and realist are cousins.


23 posted on 02/08/2016 7:07:38 AM PST by QuigleyDU
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To: EternalVigilance
Pragmatism never works out the way pragmatists think it will.

Din . Ding. Ding. We have the winner.

Perhaps those who believe pragmatism is the solution will give out some examples from history pointing how well that philosophy (which is what it is) has worked out when applied to governance.

27 posted on 02/08/2016 7:13:24 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory. And He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: EternalVigilance
Pragmatism never works out the way pragmatists think it will.

The Law of Unintended Consequences haunts us all, but some more than others... (one would think that Liberals would grow weary of ALL of their feel-good plans leading to opposite results.)

38 posted on 02/08/2016 7:44:04 AM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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