(02-26-2019, 02:08 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(02-26-2019, 01:28 PM)mikesez Wrote: ... how young do you think I am?

Young enough to not remember 1983.

Ya got me. 
But do you really need to have lived through something to be able to put it in context? If so, we are all screwed trying to interpret our Founding Documents.
I think we are talking past each other anyways.
In 1983, Congress investigated a massive, deadly failure of both State and DoD in the Middle East, without turning it into a partisan issue.  I don't need to have lived through that to know.  And you agree, this is what happened.  The investigation was not very political.  
In 2013,  they couldn't do it anymore.  I think that speaks to a negative change in our culture during the last 30 years.  Others are trying to make excuses, focusing on small differences between the two events being investigated.  You only care about those small differences because you know that acknowledging the essential sameness of the two events means that the party you have unduly pledged allegiance to (though some of you claim to be independent, hah) has a lot of cultural decay to answer for.
As for me, I just registered Republican so I could vote in primaries.  I don't give them any allegiance and if you didn't either you would admit you see my point.

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(02-26-2019, 03:24 PM)B2hibry Wrote:

(02-26-2019, 01:28 PM)mikesez Wrote: ... how young do you think I am?

Haven't given it a thought to be honest. Mid 30-ish (34-37) would be my guess.

Yep.  My first exposure to Star Wars was the special editions.  I went with my friend who was the same age as me and he had seen the movies previously, though.  He filled up my ear about how Han shot first and Jabba didn't have a tail, etc, but it made no difference to me.

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