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3. From its inception, the EDM comments area has been provided with three categories of participants in mind.
a. People who wish to discuss the ideas Ruy Teixeira and our other authors present in their posts.
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This site is not intended as a forum for the general discussion of political issues and philosophies. There are many other sites on the web that serve this purpose far better then we can.
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