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Why is it the choice often seems to be either knuckle under and conform, or face the fact that you'll be at odds with most everyone?
Mar. 7th, 2003
A proposition
Mar. 7th, 2003 10:43 amI had a friend who used to joke that I encountered philosophy far too early in life, and that it had warped my brain beyond repair. This may well be the case, as my current Hobbesian impulse may document.
I'd like to put forth the following deal to all of you:
I will always try to treat you all with respect and kindness; I'd ask the same in return. I don't expect everyone to think or act like I do, or even to agree with me. I hope that encounters with different perspectives will be beneficial, or at least interesting, to me; I'd hope that my differences with others will be seen in a similar light.
I will strive for honesty, informed by the above mentioned kindness and respect. I've never been a fan of "honesty" wielded as a weapon, and I hope never to do that to anyone I like, care for, or even might like or might care for. Again, I'd ask the same in return.
These are the premises from which I begin; I guess I'm sort of cheating, in that I've been operating from them for some time, and am not really initiating anything new here, save for possibly making it overt. It's not a case of "my rules or nothing"; I'd expect, and anticipate, all sorts of personal/experiential/situational riders and ammendments.
I'd like to put forth the following deal to all of you:
I will always try to treat you all with respect and kindness; I'd ask the same in return. I don't expect everyone to think or act like I do, or even to agree with me. I hope that encounters with different perspectives will be beneficial, or at least interesting, to me; I'd hope that my differences with others will be seen in a similar light.
I will strive for honesty, informed by the above mentioned kindness and respect. I've never been a fan of "honesty" wielded as a weapon, and I hope never to do that to anyone I like, care for, or even might like or might care for. Again, I'd ask the same in return.
These are the premises from which I begin; I guess I'm sort of cheating, in that I've been operating from them for some time, and am not really initiating anything new here, save for possibly making it overt. It's not a case of "my rules or nothing"; I'd expect, and anticipate, all sorts of personal/experiential/situational riders and ammendments.