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Originally Posted by Zeyi
That's a rather wild assumption considering you never met them.
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I admit I phrased it quite badly but my point was this:
People (particularly politicians, the media or any one espousing a particular viewpoint) who back up their argument by claiming it is 'common sense' generally don't have an argument which most people would not find to be offensive or invalid'.
Common sense has a lot in common with the phrase 'national security.' it does exist but in most cases it's use is to implement a policy which is the antithesis of the words they have used.