Posted by special_k on April 14, 2006, at 23:01:36
In reply to Re:, posted by special_k on April 14, 2006, at 22:26:51
dennett talks about how sometimes people enlarge their boundaries...
so someone who is really into cars might take it as a personal insult if someone were to say they have a crappy car.
i guess similarly someone who is really into politics might take it as a personal insult if someone were to say their favourite party had a crappy policy.
but...
there is something a little silly...
IMHO.
people 'might' be offended for all sorts of reasons.
owning ones own response as ones own response
looking upon others charitably...doesn't apply here huh.
this is crazymaking.
i've talked about cultural bias before...
people getting blocked on politics are getting blocked because they *might* offend americans who seem to have this unfortunate tendancy of taking politics personally.
i don't take politics personally.
nope.
i used to have a crappy bike.
i did.
i didn't take that personally either.i am not my bike. i am so much more than my bike.
and i am not my favourite parties ideology or policy either. i am so much more than my favourite parties ideology or policy.of course if i wasn't...
if i really thought there was nothing more to my political beliefs than those represented by the current state of my favourite political parties... then i might take things overly personally.there is a cultural bias...
you want everyone in the world to learn to take politics personally too?and of course in all this...
innocent people die
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