ACORN

[Chesspiece_face]

So, to recap, you believe that ACORN personnel were involved in registration fraud. You believe that voter fraud exists. You just don't believe that the registration fraud associated with ACORN has ever led to voter fraud. Rather selective in your beliefs, aren't you?

--Pete

I don't think i'm selective in my beliefs at all. I choose to place my beliefs in things which can be verified. Nor do I assert that "no registration fraud associated with ACORN has ever led to voter fruad." What i do assert is that "there is no evidence to believe that any of the registration fraud related to the political caucophony associated with ACORN will result in voter fraud."

Much of the position Kandrathe stated and that you, in turn, supported reads to me as It has been shown that shady registrations have occured at ACORN and thus it is reasonable to believe that more, even shadier, actions are being perpetrated by ACORN and my response to that is: No it is not reasonable to believe that, it is a patently unreasonable belief. Nor is it reasonable to imply such. The fact that it is not a reasonable belief, however, does not mean that it isn't happening. Come November 4th evidence could arise that shows that ACORN or any group for that matter has in fact perpetrated such acts and as such would shift the scales of believability.

In other news, it is my perception that ACORN views the possibility of people abusing their organization to commit registration fraud in exchange for monetary payments as less important than the amount of valid voters they can register and encourage to become a part of the voting populace. I am not associated with ACORN in any way, nor do I speak for them, but personally I do not have any disagreement with this viewpoint. I view it much as the ethical dilema of the legal system. Is it worse to send an innocent person to jail, or to set a guilty man free? I believe it is worse to send an innocent man to jail. Related to that I also believe it is worse to deny a valid voter their right to vote than to create the possibility that someone will abuse their voting rights.