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发帖数: 34 | 1 这里不是为H辩解，而是指出很多人思考中的一个错误：忽视事物的程度差别。
任何行为，包括撒谎，程度上都可以有很大差别。有些差别可能属于“五十步笑百步“
，可以忽视。但有些则不可。比如如果是后退五步，就有可能有资格笑话退一百步者了
。此理也适用于以下例子：O一度攻击McCain与lobbyists近乎。NYT一篇op-ed就列举了
McCain力排众议与lobbyists对着干的例子，并总结说虽然M也与interest groups妥协
，但其程度与其他政客不可同日而语。 | l*******e
发帖数: 34 | 2 Haha, I applaud your independent thinking. A healthy amount of cynicism is
good for seeing what the media doesn’t want you to see. However, being too
cynical is just as bad as being naïve: it makes you think that you’ve
already known all the answers and stop learning. Confucius said: “学而不
思则枉，思而不学则殆。“ I admit that interest groups have enormous
influences on the US government. And I can tell you that the peculiar
federal system (the three branches, the federal-state power division) make |
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