Friday, January 20, 2006
Too Much Information can Kill Your Squabble Skills
here's the thing...I think knowing too much seriously cramps your ability to hold a decent argument. Guess its the egalitarian in me, its that bloody maxim I read when I was Junior Me in some fortune cookie about there always being two sides to a story, Consequently whenever I'm faced with a debate (even when its only in my head) I look like someone on sped-up footage watching a tennis match. "Well yes thats a valid point, but then what about..."...."ok thats plausible, however based on the principle that every action provokes a reaction...."ARRRGHHH. Narrow-minded bigots are riding on the big easy. Like heat-seeking missiles they operate on a single agenda: locate and respond only to hot info that supports and strengthens their half-baked opinions. If it doesnt meet those specifications, its irrelevant. Its tempting to define that mindset as single-minded vision but in my book that's a laudable attribute and there's nothing laudable about Dubbya Bush or His Tonyness. They're the headline grabbers but they're not alone on the international political stage of idiocracy. What is it with politicians - they start out as bright young shiny promising things (Bush excepted) and then somewhere on the way to the bank they morf into the very things they had set out to eradicate. Perhaps they just turn into themselves. And they're the last ones to see it because they spend too much time looking in mirrors. Now there's a rich irony because as every artist knows, one of the best ways to identify imbalances or perspective errors in a drawing is to look at it in a mirror! Obviously it doesnt work with politicians.
Actually come to think of it, I've just pinpointed an argument I can engage in with single-minded hearty vigour and not hesitate for a moment to consider alternative viewpoints. Political leaders do NOT represent the will of the people, except the people who like them have learned to lie steal and cheat their way to the top of their profession.
Too Much Information can Kill Your Squabble Skills
here's the thing...I think knowing too much seriously cramps your ability to hold a decent argument. Guess its the egalitarian in me, its that bloody maxim I read when I was Junior Me in some fortune cookie about there always being two sides to a story, Consequently whenever I'm faced with a debate (even when its only in my head) I look like someone on sped-up footage watching a tennis match. "Well yes thats a valid point, but then what about..."...."ok thats plausible, however based on the principle that every action provokes a reaction...."ARRRGHHH. Narrow-minded bigots are riding on the big easy. Like heat-seeking missiles they operate on a single agenda: locate and respond only to hot info that supports and strengthens their half-baked opinions. If it doesnt meet those specifications, its irrelevant. Its tempting to define that mindset as single-minded vision but in my book that's a laudable attribute and there's nothing laudable about Dubbya Bush or His Tonyness. They're the headline grabbers but they're not alone on the international political stage of idiocracy. What is it with politicians - they start out as bright young shiny promising things (Bush excepted) and then somewhere on the way to the bank they morf into the very things they had set out to eradicate. Perhaps they just turn into themselves. And they're the last ones to see it because they spend too much time looking in mirrors. Now there's a rich irony because as every artist knows, one of the best ways to identify imbalances or perspective errors in a drawing is to look at it in a mirror! Obviously it doesnt work with politicians.Actually come to think of it, I've just pinpointed an argument I can engage in with single-minded hearty vigour and not hesitate for a moment to consider alternative viewpoints. Political leaders do NOT represent the will of the people, except the people who like them have learned to lie steal and cheat their way to the top of their profession.
# posted by C.S.Lawrence : 7:50 PM
Actually come to think of it, I've just pinpointed an argument I can engage in with single-minded hearty vigour and not hesitate for a moment to consider alternative viewpoints. Political leaders do NOT represent the will of the people, except the people who like them have learned to lie steal and cheat their way to the top of their profession.
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