Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site sunybcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!sunybcs!forys From: forys@sunybcs.UUCP (Jeff Forys) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: RE: responsibility for the way others think? Message-ID: <597@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 30-Sep-84 23:58:58 EDT Article-I.D.: sunybcs.597 Posted: Sun Sep 30 23:58:58 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Oct-84 04:41:26 EDT References: <468@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP> Organization: State University of New York @ Buffalo,NY Lines: 30 From: london@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (David London) Posted: Wed Sep 26 1984 > Well, Mr. Berry, perhaps that's the problem. > Given: > a) that there are things wrong in the world > and b) that you want to change these things (or at least try), I would be inclined to say that the problem might lay in the "given". Mr. Berry may not be out to change the world (either am I). Actually, I have serious doubts as to whether or not it can even be done -- how can *anyone* (or any group) define "right" and "wrong" for *everyone*! > Put another way: It's true, you are not personally responsible for these > peoples' upbringing. However, you are responsible for trying to change what > they think and how they think. What if the way they think is right and your way of thinking is wrong? I do not want everyone to think like me. I will give people my views and try to defend them but I *know* I can't change their minds. Then what's the point? I guess it's just to see how my ideas rank with a large group. > That's the way progress is achieved. I think Rosen could deal with this remark better but, since he missed it... No, that is *not* progress. To have everyone think the same way (and of course, *your* way) would turn us all into machines. We are all different and you might want to consider that fact (or you might not -- I don't care). So you live your way, I'll live mine. One for the road... And I hope you're happy, all the time. Jeff Forys - Lynyrd Skynyrd -