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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (79098)	11/13/2003 9:41:55 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

There is a doctor, David Crippen, whose site Holly recommended, and for whom I have a growing respect. I read something this morning by him that struck me as such an obvious truth, but one we need to remember when we find ourselves reacting because of our own bias, rather than to the actual fact presented to us. He said: Zealots for any issue tend to downplay all grey areas that aren't sympathetic to their cause. That's the problem with them. Their only reality is their issue of choice. And in virtually any issue there is always another side to it. You'll never hear anything about the other side from fanatics. I am a very grey person by nature. I think it's why I am so uncomfortable with the intense arguing and confrontational style here (with the exception of a couple of people). For me, the grey areas are the ones worth discussing, not the extreme end of the belief, but how a person got there. If I can't understand that, then I can never comprehend the final belief. So for people to get angry or defensive when they are asked for their rationale, is self-defeating. It took me a lot of years to understand that to be grey often takes more strength than to be black or white unthinkingly. Grey is the bridge to one or the other, and a safe place to meet in the middle and talk.