Comments on: Robert Conquest and the clerisy of narrow minds http://www.erebor.com/2008/03/07/robert-conquest-and-the-clerisy-of-narrow-minds/ Views from the mountain Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:38:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-bleeding2 By: Nate http://www.erebor.com/2008/03/07/robert-conquest-and-the-clerisy-of-narrow-minds/#comment-4009 Nate Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:30:40 +0000 http://www.erebor.com/?p=138#comment-4009 Nice post. As you know, I also tend to think that most issues are way too complicated to be summed up in a one-shot phrase. They're usually three-dimmensional puzzles that really require thought, research, and clarity in order to draw a semi-accurate conclusion from them. Typically, people on each side of the issue have some pretty good reasons for being where they are, even if there is only one "right" way to view the particular situation. Therefore, [i]more[/i] study and [i]more[/i] thought is required to move forward into a better understanding of the issue. But too often, people simply clam up and pretend that there's no other way to view something -- that anyone who disagrees (especially if they disagree with the "establishment") is evil, ignorant, belligerent, or all three. Ah well. Occasionally, someone else manages to squirm their way out of the morass, and actually begins to use their mind to make decisions, and not their social barometer. But anyway... /rantoff :) Nice post. As you know, I also tend to think that most issues are way too complicated to be summed up in a one-shot phrase. They’re usually three-dimmensional puzzles that really require thought, research, and clarity in order to draw a semi-accurate conclusion from them. Typically, people on each side of the issue have some pretty good reasons for being where they are, even if there is only one “right” way to view the particular situation. Therefore, [i]more[/i] study and [i]more[/i] thought is required to move forward into a better understanding of the issue. But too often, people simply clam up and pretend that there’s no other way to view something — that anyone who disagrees (especially if they disagree with the “establishment”) is evil, ignorant, belligerent, or all three.

Ah well. Occasionally, someone else manages to squirm their way out of the morass, and actually begins to use their mind to make decisions, and not their social barometer.

But anyway…

/rantoff :)

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