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The Clintonic mood stands upon a rational foundation completely at odds with formal logic. Any proposition can be at once true and false when stated in the Clintonic mood.
For one thing, there is the chicken/egg dilemma. Which came first, sex or love? If the reproductive imperative was as dominant as Darwinians maintain, sex probably led the way. But why was love hatched in the process, since it was presumably unnecessary to get things started in the first place...
On the other hand, intervention in the name of the only conceivable solution -- partition along lines proposed by the Vance-Owen mediation -- is at least rational. If bombing Serbian guns or arming the Muslims would bring the recalcitrant Serbs around, then intervention might make sense.
"I think the system of inter-house transfer isa rational adjustment system," said Graham, who isalso a professor of the history of religion andIslamic studies.
A few things to look for in reading this issue are facts taken out of context, opposing arguments misrepresented, and, despite the calm rational tone, a decided lack of systematic logic that doesn't start by assuming what is in question. This issue is nothing to be afraid of.