"ktbr" wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:


Umm..."pragmatism" is where they say "At least he made the trains run on
time".

Slippery slope to say the least.

That was probably not the ideal choice ofevery American...
or anyone concerned about why things are getting so screwed
up so quickly.

Think: principles

This requires long-term view of things and also integrative thought.

Pragmatism is short-term, whim based.

Priciples, correctly done, are self-corrective. Pragmatism leads, as we see
in current society, the heaping on of more and more "corrective action" in
the form of "vicious cycles". (Think" "Throw more money at the problem".)