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Short Story: "Forced Inquiry"

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"Of course I read it. Just because I don't share your pansy politics doesn't mean I'm illiterate. Anyway, not to put too fine a point on it, the whole idea that a person has to get all soggy in someone else's problems in order to understand what they're up against is ridiculous. The difference between liberals and conservatives has squat to do with compassion. Yeah, yeah, I know that's how the twits who're so gaga about ˜framing' want to put it, but the real nub of the thing is that liberals are damned moral relativists.


It took Paula a few seconds to realize that he'd stopped talking. "Okay, she said uneasily, "let's use that as a starting point, and see where it takes us.


John tentatively raised a fist. "Jesus, don't you ever fight back?


"Since you've posited that liberals are moral relativists, she said, ignoring the attempted provocation, "I take it that conservatives, in your judgment, are not. Have I got that right, John?


"Absolutely.


Daugherty snorted. "Figures you'd say something like that.


"You're supposed to be keeping quiet, John admonished him. Then, turning back to Paula Isikov, he added, "Reality demands it. Facts are facts, after all.


"Hmm. It's more than that for most conservatives I know, though. They're also very religious people, Christians of one sort of another. If you don't mind my asking, then, are you religious? Do you take your

moral absolutes from scripture, or at least from some religious leader you trust?

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