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I appreciate your struggle to find your moral ground here. I think it's important to keep this in perspective. At least two people have brought up the issue of teaching children not to lie. When you kids lie, do you pull them out of school?, permanently suspend their allowance?, talk about it for days and days and days?

No. Caller Pete said it best: the mayor isn't your child and your child isn't the mayor. In talking to your children, perhaps the parents' angle should be "It was wrong for Sam Adams to lie, but it was also wrong to be asked about his private life. Now DO your homework!"

posted 4 years, 3 months ago
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It's unfair to present the argument of 'if someone lies about his private, legal life, that he would lie about the city's business.' I, too, have a shadow of doubt about Sam, but I am willing to let go of it and give a second chance to a politician I've supported in the past. We have to remember that the more time and attention we spend on this issue, the less time we have to concentrate on fixing potholes, schools, improving public transit, local economy, etc...

This city has more important things to concentrate on than who its mayor has sex with. Perhaps Sam should reiterate his agenda for this city and ask us, the citizens, to give him the leeway to get started on it. We could all take this opportunity to reflect on our past errors in judgment and just let go of this "story."

As a side note: Sexual orientation isn't the issue. When Clinton lied about his improprieties, the response was very similar.

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Why do I, an atheist, have an easier time accepting a religious politician than religious people have accepting a non-religious candidate?

posted 4 years, 8 months ago
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Except some pianos have more keys. Some Boesendorfer models have more. 97, for example.

http://www.boesendorfer.com/index.php?menu=8&lang=en

posted 4 years, 11 months ago
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