12-08-2009, 06:10 PM
Dear Monica, with "a real answer" I simply meant an answer that I support with my world view. I love and respect you a great deal. I do not wish to engage in conflict. I merely disagree. And you're right, it only takes a statement of intent to avoid problems.
You invite me to consider both our world views are correct. I admit my personality doesn't much allow me to support two conflicting very specific world views in my mind. Perhaps this is my failing I accept responsibility for it.
This is me... It's sad. I know...
However I do fully believe our broader views agree. In spite of our differences we do not believe that the human race will be murdered. We do not believe that these companies are run by good people. I think we agree that this is part of the human condition chosen by mankind and for mankind to choose to let go. Our disagreement can't be terribly important if we agree on much bigger issues.
So lets agree to disagree sometimes and we're probably going to encounter topics where after a few steps we discover we're not going to find agreement lets cheer and drop it, we'll still learn from those encounters and if we don't agree after a few exchanges of words we're not likely to ever do it on that particular subject. Which is okay of course. And we can still add our own understanding to the topic with the recognition that there's multiple ways to look at the same thing. Everyone has to make up their own mind in the end.
That's cool too right?
You invite me to consider both our world views are correct. I admit my personality doesn't much allow me to support two conflicting very specific world views in my mind. Perhaps this is my failing I accept responsibility for it.
This is me... It's sad. I know...
However I do fully believe our broader views agree. In spite of our differences we do not believe that the human race will be murdered. We do not believe that these companies are run by good people. I think we agree that this is part of the human condition chosen by mankind and for mankind to choose to let go. Our disagreement can't be terribly important if we agree on much bigger issues.
So lets agree to disagree sometimes and we're probably going to encounter topics where after a few steps we discover we're not going to find agreement lets cheer and drop it, we'll still learn from those encounters and if we don't agree after a few exchanges of words we're not likely to ever do it on that particular subject. Which is okay of course. And we can still add our own understanding to the topic with the recognition that there's multiple ways to look at the same thing. Everyone has to make up their own mind in the end.
That's cool too right?