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Re: THIS is why this whole war is a waste of time. - NO ITS NOT - GO BUILD SOME LEGO!!
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Fri, 11 Apr 2003 05:01:03 GMT
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Terry Prosper wrote:
> Not what I meant at all. All I meant was that having these discussions will
> have very little impact since people are dumb and will often follow the best
> leader (which I didn't mention). Now, the smart people are not necessarily
> going to change their minds either, because it takes a lot of humility to
> admit you were wrong, so changing opinions is seldom.
>
> Of course, I believe in discussions. I believe in debates, free speach,
> everything like that. But I also believe it's futile for most people and
> that the power of speech is exagerated. People, intelligent or not, will
> often fight for their opinion just because they don't want to admit they can
> be wrong.
If it's truly futile to have these discussions, then aren't we being
dumb by having them? That's what I'm reading from your position, that
these discussions are futile because not enough of us are involved.
Frank
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