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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (82731)	3/16/2003 6:03:05 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Unfortunately, the arguments for the other side, which involve maintaining the UN Charter by passing resolutions where a serious consequence is another resolution, where nothing is ever decided upon except inaction, while diplomats congratulate each other for their high morals in defending all the worst dictatorships in the world, require an even greater degree of doublethink to hold in the mind.

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (82731)	3/16/2003 9:30:12 PM
From: Craig Richards	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. As a practitioner of Zen Buddhism, I actually strive to be able to hold 2 contradictory beliefs in my mind at the same time. In Zen, the key is not to be attached to the beliefs that we hold in our minds. This is because any truth created by our conceptual thinking is necessarily relative truth and not absolute truth, and when viewed from a different perspective, relative truth changes. I think there is a lot of wisdom in understanding this on a deep level and being able to recognize the difference between relative and absolute truth. So I think doublethink, as Orwell defines it, is to be encouraged as it can lead one to wisdom and greater understanding.