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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff Allbright wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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suggested that we think of politics as "social decision-making applied to
groups, expecially with respect to methods of influence within those
processes."<BR></DIV></SPAN>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm getting stuck with phrase "social
decision-making". </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm wondering </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>if
it is </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>an oxymoron.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR><BR>Ah, perhaps this is the crux of
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That I'm getting stuck, that I'm wondering, or that
social decison-making is an oxymoron? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I might have cut out more than you wanted me in
this reply but I prefer to focus on the crux of the matter. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brett Paatsch</FONT></DIV>
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