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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 2196259" data-attributes="member: 18914">I appreciate what you're saying and I may have failed to state my point clearly enough which is that an over-fascination with consistency is not a hallmark of great thinking.  Overly broad or inappropriate application (perhaps misapplication) of principles can lead to drastically wrong actions.  There truly are many cases where "what's sauce for the goose, is sauce for the gander" is not applicable.  Using arguments along that line makes one's reasoning seem simultaneously infantile and rigid.Thus, as I said, this is a good discussion topic but not a very good execution of the discussionby the writer.</blockquote>