Everybody wants to be right, but sometimes nobody is. I certainly need to be reminded of that occaisionally.
Oh yes. So did I. Actually I needed to be reminded of that recently. LOL!
I can remember having a Buffy site or two recommended to me, going there and being greeted with a warning from the person in charge that read something like "If you don't agree with me about Buffy+So-and-So then don't post here." Didn't matter if I agreed or disagreed I didn't go farther into the site. Considering how bitter some people got it was understandable why they wanted to limit what was said. On the other hand if there is no give and take what's the point?
I remember having a discussion with some friends at lunch way back in 2001 - where I said it would be cool if everyone would just agree with me. And they said that would be incredibly dull. To always be agreed with. And how would you ever know if you were wrong. Much better to be friends with people who don't agree with you all the time and can call you on it.
I always remember that discussion. Because it resonated on such a deep level. And I've followed it.
There's a saying: "Beware of the Righteous man, the one who believes he is absolutely right, because there lies the road to hell." Or something to that effect.
To admit you are wrong is not a bad thing. It's actually admirable. I like Obama because he has admitted he was wrong at times. My difficulty with Bush Jr and Dick Cheney was they couldn't do that. It scared me.
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Date: 2012-01-24 03:00 am (UTC)Oh yes. So did I. Actually I needed to be reminded of that recently. LOL!
I can remember having a Buffy site or two recommended to me, going there and being greeted with a warning from the person in charge that read something like "If you don't agree with me about Buffy+So-and-So then don't post here." Didn't matter if I agreed or disagreed I didn't go farther into the site. Considering how bitter some people got it was understandable why they wanted to limit what was said. On the other hand if there is no give and take what's the point?
I remember having a discussion with some friends at lunch way back in 2001 - where I said it would be cool if everyone would just agree with me. And they said that would be incredibly dull. To always be agreed with. And how would you ever know if you were wrong. Much better to be friends with people who don't agree with you all the time and can call you on it.
I always remember that discussion. Because it resonated on such a deep level.
And I've followed it.
There's a saying: "Beware of the Righteous man, the one who believes he is absolutely right, because there lies the road to hell." Or something to that effect.
To admit you are wrong is not a bad thing. It's actually admirable. I like Obama because he has admitted he was wrong at times. My difficulty with Bush Jr and Dick Cheney was they couldn't do that. It scared me.