Do you think that advertising works at all, Cam? Are human beings purely rational and engage any input that tries to sway their thinking with a calm, clear, analytical analysis of the pros and cons of the information presented and, thus, the only information which influences us is that which we can objectively validate?
I'm right with you on Free Will, Cam. In the end, people make their own decisions, period. Even crazy people like my schizophrenic uncle. However, I think it is absurd to think that we make our decisions in a vacuum and I think that as part of personal responsibility, we have to own up to the ways in which we try and influence others. You grab a hot pan and burn yourself, it was definitely free will. You did it. You made the choice to move your body, reach out and grasp the object. But if I tell you that the pan isn't really hot, knowing better myself, and that you don't need to use a hot pad, well, personal responsibility tells me that I'm culpable for my behavior. Crazy people are responsible for the crazy shit that they do. People that egg on crazy people and feed them a raft of shit the fuels their delusional fantasies for fun and profit are responsible for doing what they do too. Judah On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> the poison is there, Cameron. Ok, you can choose to engage your brain >> rather than listen only to people who have the same views you do --- >> but honestly, I don't think there is any way to completely shut it >> out. > > I find it very easy to shut out people who think I should refuse to > pay any taxes. > >> Even if you are honestly trying to be open to new ideas, so much >> of public discourse is a shoutfest any more... > > Really? I did see a guy shouting on the corner driving home > yesterday. He was telling me that the hubcap of my front left tire > was the a space alien from pluto who'd come to eat my babies. The > only way I was able to avoid his overwhelming influence on my life was > to keep reminding myself that I didn't have any babies. > > -Cameron > > ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312465 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
