tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post1313180092352115495..comments2023-12-13T16:57:33.142-06:00Comments on Blogodidact: Farewell to a friend - The Doubtful Roots of ProgressVan Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-73446884489379467042014-04-06T21:51:30.397-05:002014-04-06T21:51:30.397-05:00Hey Ex-D.
I'd succeeded a couple times in get...Hey Ex-D.<br /><br />I'd succeeded a couple times in getting a reasonable conversation going between us, but it had to be something where he already saw an issue with. Dice had been hyperventilating about FDA regulations, and the regulatory chief, on genetically modified foods, so I was able to get him so sort of see that mayyybeee govt didn't always have your best interests in mind, even if they were leftists in charge... but that was about the extent of his willingness to go against the PC grain.<br /><br />The bottom line is that he, as does most of the left, has positions, not principles, and that leaves little to no ability to consider opposing positions.<br /><br />Because their stands are as shallow as they come, disagreement is seen as an attack.<br /><br />It is a dangerous situation.<br /><br />Pray that Reason prevails.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-63692744116497339462014-03-29T08:43:13.539-05:002014-03-29T08:43:13.539-05:00There is a war, and ugly things happen during war....There is a war, and ugly things happen during war. Some of us have already moved beyond words but your friend may not have gone this far yet. There is a difference between someone acting like a jackass while in a pack of braying asses, and someone who acts this way alone. Your friend was in his pack and you were alone. If you can separate him from the pack, you might be able to bring him back to a more sensible state. One by one, till we win. The alternative is to start shooting.Ex-Dissidenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837109472357860889noreply@blogger.com