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hypo 2015-06-17 - 10:25 p.m. When you discuss the answer to a hypothetical question, you're exploring the way that your principles would lead you to act in particular situations. When someone asks you a hypothetical question, what they're asking in essence is, "what are your principles? What do your beliefs look like in action?" So, when a politician says "I won't discuss hypotheticals", what they're saying is either: 1) I have no principles. 2) I do have principles, but people would like me a hell of a lot less if I publicly revealed what they are.

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