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[quackery]

so if you somehow had the choice to stay here or go home right now what would you do? pretend you don't have, like, a few days to think it over or anything. you just have to pick. 60 seconds or less! i just want to see what people would do

[No ulterior motives here; she really is simply curious to hear what people have to say about the topic. Listening to different opinions on a large subject like this is a good way to spend a night - or morning, as it were.]

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[thorny]

I suspected that might be the case. My apologies; sometimes my thoughts and words get away from me.

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[quackery]

nooo it was probably me i can be kind of slow sometimes

maybe if you phrased it in a different way?

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[thorny]

I'm certain that my penchant for rambling into the abstract and hypothetical didn't help much either. Let's see if my second attempt will suffer the same fate.

People who don't care enough to do anything are only useful when manipulated by someone else with an agenda. Somehow I doubted this was the point you were trying to make.

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[quackery]

[She has to take a moment to think about it. Not about Rose's meaning, but about her own answer.]

what i meant was that whether or not the majority will do something depends on the situation. like i mean here i think most people are helping out in some way!

i don't really know about what you're saying either. i mean i think everybody has something they want accomplished and everyone wants people to see things their way... i think manipulate is a harsh word

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[thorny]

Whether it's harsh or not depends entirely on the meaning an individual attaches to it; I'm simply using the most accurate terms to describe what I'm saying.

As it is, I wouldn't use many of the situations here to plead your case. There are far too many counterarguments to be made against them.

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[quackery]

counterarguments like what?

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[thorny]

The events which led to us orbiting Earth come to mind.

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[quackery]

that wasn't our fault.

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[thorny]

And the civilians who died because they were denied passage up here? The ones which the 'good majority' attempted to save?