| Subject: Well put Todd, EXCELLENT - logical and concise, a message which should cause people to THINK. Unfortunately the thinking process for many humans is short circuited when they start waving flags, even if they do not use a literal banner or piece of cloth to represent a thought, location, or ideal....[more] |
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Date Posted: Saturday, April 26 2003, 17:10:20 GMT ( - 8 )
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lokisdad
's message, "Following the sentiments of the 2 previous posts..." on Saturday, April 26 2003, 11:26:09 GMT ( - 8 )
that they have chosen to identify with. When this occurs humans even have a tendency to use the same rhetoric, innuendo, name calling and other methods to defend their banner as those that they are allied against.
So though your message makes perfect sense to me and I unequivocally agree and endorse it - I seriously doubt it will have any impact on those who truly need to hear what you are saying. Those that most need to HEAR what you are saying have become RIGID in their thinking. I would be very pleasantly surprised if there were any replies that indicated they had READ your message, UNDERSTOOD what you were saying and then admit that they took the time for some serious introspection and while making the effort to OBJECTIVELY contemplate both themselves and the content of your post, found that there are parts they will attempt to utilize as they have come to the realization that doing so will contribute to making them a better person.
Whereas your post is well thought out, easily understandable, and I for one cannot find any thoughts conveyed that I could or would challenge, there will be those that will view it as an attack and will immediately go into the defensive mode. I imagine some of the responses to it should there be any, will not be nearly as thoughtful as your post, some may even be hurtful and without meaningful content, but as I said HUMANS who allow an individual, or cause, or geographical location to become a significant part of their own identity usually REACT and do so without attempting to use any kind of thought process.
When we have a position on an ideal or issue or are even neutral about and an individual offers an argument which is so persuasive, it would cause us to switch our attitudes and endorse their position, I believe that it is imperative that while we do not remain absolutely RIGID in our thinking, before we take a meaningful stand on anything that we have previously not endorsed or have been opposed to - WE SHOULD CAREFULLY SCRUTINIZE THE INDIVIDUAL WHO OFFERED THE PERSUASIVE ARGUMENT - ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT WE CAREFULLY ANALYZE THE WORDS OR SPEECH AS TO THE REAL CONTENT - THEY MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY THAT IS MEANINGFUL, THAT WE HAD NOT CONSIDERED AND THEREFORE CAN SWAY US IF WE ARE NOT RIGID IN OUR THINKING AND DO SO APPROPRIATELY - or - THE RHETORIC MAY BE JUST THAT, CAREFULLY WORDED RHETORIC AND INNUENDO, that has little foundation in reality yet because of the communication skills or the charisma of the author or individual delivering the speech, the content sways those to their position even if that position is contrary to their own personal beliefs - because often it won't seem to the individual that they are in reality taking a position that is contrary to what they believe is right.
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