On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "R. Quenett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > mutilated misquotes > > from Net Llama!'s 8 Jan 2006 classic prose > > may follow: > > > > " On 01/08/2006 07:24 AM, Ken Moffat wrote: > > > > [8><....] > > > > " > me "Those guys, O'Reilly and Hannity really tell it like it is!" They > > " > > " Which is really their way of saying, "they're telling me what I want to > > " hear". > > > > There is enough truth in Llama's point that the honest people among > > us really ought to feel more than just a bit uncomfortable. It seems > > to be a natural tendency, and one that makes getting to the > > completely accurate truth more difficult than it ought to be, that > > each of us tends to seek out commentary that we agree with. But if > > there were to be an implication that a person's opinion is incorrect > > or ought to be dismissed because someone else, no matter who, agrees > > with it - that implication would have no merit. 'Wrong is wrong even > > if everyone does it; right is right even if no one does it.' > > Thank you. > > I see that as the largest danger of the internet, in general. I think > of it as the echo chamber effect. We tend to hang out online with > communities that agree with what we already believe. That tends to > isolate us even further from the diversity of opinions that is our > country.
That's surely not happening here or now ;) > > That is the main reason that I enjoy the political discussions on this > list. We have a fair diversity of viewpoint, with some from the > international scene. We have enough respect for each other that those > viewpoints are not dismissed out of hand. I hope that these "episodes" > expand our own understanding of what others truly believe. I look at is > as an opportunity to refine my own political views, and they have > changed some. I've got to disagree here. When certain individuals on this list claim that they're crossposting this thread to linux-users just to piss off the liberals that doesn't sound like respecting other's viewpoints. Its narrow minded trolling. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org _______________________________________________ [email protected] Unsub/Pause/Etc : http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general
