To: coug who wrote (1255 ) 6/19/2003 12:12:19 AM From: epicure Read Replies (1) | Respond to I don't understand it either. But I really appreciate the people who can share their views on this without name calling. Even though I totally disagree with them, I salute them for their courtesy and civility. ok? There are some questions which do not bend easily to what we call reason. I think because "reason" is always a system in a box, and the box rests on a platform- and the platform on which "reason" is built, is your basic assumptions- which differ greatly person to person. The best we can hope for, when talking to people with whom we cannot "reason", (people whose basic assumptions differ completely from our own)- is a civil exchange of views- that is the only optimal outcome possible, imo. And a civil exchange isn't so bad, is it? There is hope where there is civility. imo- of course. There is no hope where there is incivility- so I avoid the areas (or should I say arenas?) of no hope.
