Well, I think your explanation is pretty good, and I like it, but I would also add that there is an additional point that I think is worth mentioning: So, your final choice isn’t really very useful to me, pretty much ever.Įdit: Oh, hey – I could actually address the actual topic of the post, eh? So I would say that your final question is a false choice – I believe that the people who disagree with me (and those that agree with me!) are morons, but I also believe that, in a great many cases (such as this one), that the vast majority of both disagreeing party’s are simply not seeing the other parties point of view.Īnd, for bonus points, I believe that in most disputes like this, where the bulk of the people are well-intentioned idiots who don’t see the other party’s point of view, in large part because they are just busy and can’t be arsed to bother with it, the leadership of both sides are generally villains. This results in average behaviour that is far below average intelligence, as so many people do so many stupid things that they should (and often do) know better than.
See, my problem is that I would answer #1 for most everything, most every time, simply on principle – one of my core beliefs is that all human beings, without exception, are stupid. If you answered #1, then maybe sit this one out.
I’ve been thinking about this on and off since then. This post grew from this comment back in April. Read the column for the long explanation of that.) There’s no good, clean answer, only a bunch of ugly trade-offs. Stormcloaks fight in Skyrim: You’ve got two sides, both of which want reasonable things Religious freedom and peace in the case of Skyrim, and healthy children and artistic freedom in the case of television., and which could easily resolve their differences if not for a malicious third party. I think this is a bit like the Empire vs.
In my defense, I’m just trying to answer a question and not trying to force my views on anyone or tell them how to live their lives.
ALSO, this article is even more USA-centric than usual. Or if not politics then the culture war, which is the same argument but without the policy side of the debate. In today’s column I stray dangerously close to politics.