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The Reverend Bill Boy Gisher had a spectacular post last week about the way in which individuals tend to try and lump someone or something into certain category or way of thinking. I wish I could say I have always been impartial to myself, but I know that isn’t true. There have been plenty of times when I’ve jumped on to a certain side of an issue simply because I thought my political leanings or beliefs put me on that side. Why do we do this? Because its the easiest approach. It’s a lot easier to associate yourself with a group and then make all your decisions depending on what that group says it stands for than to evaluate every single issue yourself. But that’s what we should always do. The Rev. has this to say about himself:
I will evaluate every issue one at a time, and gather all the information on the subject I can find. I will apply logic and all the common sense I can muster to decide what I think about each issue, and I will not ask or wait for some association to tell me what I should think. I might become bolder about it than I am now, and stop being as nice to people that would dare ask me to draw my line in the sand. Maybe the next time somebody asks me which side I am on, I will pause for a second, and then answer, “The one with the wet spot.”
I only wish I could say the same. While I do strive for that kind of independent analysis of most issues or arguments, I can’t say that I’m always that dedicated.
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hi, linkin back at ya! what’s up? : )
ummmm…..I always try to avoid sleeping in the wet spot.
I would bet my money that his logic and common sense fly out the window if he’s pondering “Intelligent Design”, the reliegious rights latest nonsense.
jay; what’s up man…
dear jane: Yeah me too…
porchwise: I’d have to say I agree, but I haven’t seen anything that indicates that on his site yet. He does write quite a bit of satire though, so if you caught a bit about ID, then it was probably tongue-in-cheek.
porchwise i will be kind to you and not presume you are a slanted prick. i have written on id and suprise, i support both id and evolution, they do not work against each other, stupid people cannot see it. i am too busy to carry water but if you troll through the archives, you will find several stories on it, my point is before we start fighting about how we got here, we need to figure out HOW WE STAY HERE. we got bigger fish to not fry: our own asses
as for the religious right read todays post on pat robertson, then hit my dust bunnies, i kick the crap out of stupidity wherever i can find it as it will kill us, well actually those under 30. i am an old fart and will be dead before the crap comes home to roost. how old are you? geeeeeeeee maybe i am doing this for you, thanks for knee-jerking on a bias, we all gotta stop doing that. did you actually read your buddies excellent post up top? gansta i am doing a post a linky do on thursday and pointing back to your post, nice expansion on a theme.
To sheep or not to sheep
The following comment appeared on Ganstas & Hugs in the comment section of a post entitled Thug Byte - Label Maker Pro which was a post commenting on this post from me: ambidextrous