Re: Convincing a neocon
Ya, I like what you did. In my experience though, the idea that government should not be involved in defense comes off as laughable, and isn't worth attempting. So what I was trying to do was represent Paul as just being of the opinion that the Constitution is awesome advice, for some vague reason.
I find that "The Constitution" is a good substitute for "Complicated thing you agree with me on but are too set in your ways to entertain the ideas that would get you to realize it." Neocons realize they're supposed to like the Constitution and principle and obeying law and things like that.
Yours is I guess a more detailed description of why the Constitution's advice is indeed so sound. It's probably a better approach in general. In my Dad's case, if the dose is small enough. Thanks for the help.
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