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- From: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
- Newsgroups: soc.history
- Subject: Re: Founding Fathers
- Message-ID: <1er4s3INN1jg@transfer.stratus.com>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 17:37:07 GMT
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- In article <1ek1ijINNrjo@fido.asd.sgi.com>
- livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes:
- > In article <1eg4tvINNg8h@transfer.stratus.com>,
- jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann) writes:
- > |> Cynical, no. Realistic, yes. The Founders realized they had
- > |> to compromise on the Constitution, that getting most of what
- they
- > |> wanted (though not all) is better than getting none of what
- > |> they wanted.
- >
- > Please explain the difference here between cynical and realistic.
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- Cynical has much more negative conotations, realistic does not.
- One can admit the need for compromise without being cyncial
- about it.
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- From Webster's:
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- Cyncial: having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic; esp:
- contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives
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- syn CYNICAL, MISANTHROPIC, PESSIMISTIC. CYNICAL implies having a
- sneering disbelief in sincerity or integrity.
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- Jim Mann
- Stratus Computer jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com
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