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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran
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To: sea_urchin who wrote (9823)1/18/2006 9:20:42 PM
From: Jamey  Read Replies (1) of 22250
 
"It is true, nevertheless. People adopt their position in the argument as result of the circumstances they find themselves in. In other words, their subjectivity. For example, I doubt you would hear someone living in extreme poverty extol the virtues of capitalism and, likewise, someone who is very wealthy promoting the joys of socialist redistribution of wealth (unless he was a politician, of course). I doubt you would hear a Palestinian extol the virtues of the State of Israel or an evangelist promoting Islam. Indeed, I maintain that people argue from the position of their own self-interest and not because of some abstract intellectualisation and one is right to assume this is so unless one has proof to the contrary."

I believe that could be postulized as a logical statement that holds as true in any circumstances. Bravo to Searle for stating it.

Santiago
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