[Beemnseven]

I know I've changed my political viewpoints from when I was a teenager in high school. Back then I was against flag burning, against drug legalization, buy American-made products only, and pretty much pro-war whenever war broke out.

Today, I'm completely the opposite on all those issues. For me, I changed those viewpoints after spending more time studying the issue -- thinking about it deeper than I had before. Generally, my instinctive, knee-jerk type reactions are those that I later change my mind about.

I think it was Bertrand Russell who said, "the whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are so sure of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubt."