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Originally Posted by rubicon

I wonder if questioning and inquiring minds are necessarily negative minds or are they cautious minds who do not take matters at face value?

Take for instance any corporation that has vast financial and political control over three counties in a state. Would an inquiring mind probe such an arrangement, such as law enforcement , IRS, prosecutors, consumers, competitors and would such inquiry be only negative or perhaps cognitive in nature to understand the composition of it all.
what makes it tick and why?

Inquisitiveness is one thing and is an admirable quality. Disguising inquisitiveness to try to prove a preconceived notion or agenda that may not exist is quite another.