7th November 2009, 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by god's_pawn  this is true, yet i think the sharp rebuke is more needed in the cases where the individual in question is as you suggested "willfully ignorant" such as those who do in fact know the right thing, but the knowingly forget or ignore that truth. for those who are indeed just plain stupid though (sorry i don't go for all that PC stuff  ) BoJC is on point
I brought it up because I'm always a bit leery about vilifying the opposition.
"Let's label them EVIL so we can pooh-pooh them rather than care for and respect them!"
__________________ ...Do not let me hear
Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly,
Their fear of fear and frenzy, their fear of possession,
Of belonging to another, or to others, or to God.
The only wisdom we can hope to acquire
Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.
- From The Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot
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