"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
>
> At 07:51 AM 2/4/2004 -0800 Nick Arnett wrote:
> >Proof? I think it is self-evident that treating important issues as
> >black and white is bad.
>
> Did you truly mean to say that?
>
> The above is hardly self-evident to me. Indeed, I think that almost by
> definition, those few issues that happen to be black-and-white tend to be
> the most important.
If everyone saw them the same way, they would not be "issues"
since there would be little contention. Please accept that good
people can disagree with you on your black-and-white issues, and
that like it or not, compromise is the best solution, which happens
to be gray.
What you say is true, about you. The contentious issues that
one sees in black-and-white are those where one is prepared to fight
the hardest.
---David
It is bad. The world is usually not simply black-or-white, and
it is simple-minded to pretend that there is no middle ground.
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