From: Bill Roh (billroh@churchofvirus.com)
Date: Thu Jan 10 2002 - 16:32:05 MST
I don't disagre with anything you have said - let me rephrase
I am not going to check sources based upon the notion that you may be lying. Not
for you two anyway. I may check it becasue of differences in interpretation,
interest etc... Also, there is information that does not ring true to one's mind
- and those things are always checked.
It's simply irrational, unnecessary and time consuming to check everything
everyone says. I doubt there is time in the day to check on everything said on
this list alone - if I were to stretch that to cover all my interactions - i
would be a very well informed recluse.
And BTW - I finally spoke with someone whom has met you personally - So now I
know that #22 and #7 do not apply to you!
Bill
"Mermaid ." wrote:
> [Bill Roh]The whole business of having to check sources and such is
> unnecessary for me simply because I am sure that neither of you too are
> willing to lie - for your own sakes and because you both seem above it.
>
> [Mermaid]Sources should always be checked. This is not to discredit an
> opponent or to satisfy nagging doubts. This does not always imply dishonesty
> or purposeful malice. Everyone trips and is wrong one time or the other.
> Trust and love and friendship and all that is good, but that is no reason to
> stop you from asking questions or challenging a trusted one's opinion.
> Always question. Question because knowledge is too precious to be bought
> second hand. Because what you learn and accept, you pass it on. Because you
> cannot afford to stagnate. You hold an OBLIGATION to others and you owe it
> to yourself. Opinions are not facts or absolute truths. So if one chooses to
> make a very strong statement, one must make sure that one does not spread
> disinformation over someone else's cerebral sacred ground because if they
> are filled with prejuices, nonsense, falsities...they will be spreading it
> to others too...I know the same man<and used to feel the same way as you do>
> and quite possibly have known him longer than you have...But if I have to
> lay down my right to question and doubt to maintain a friendship under
> threat..then I am probably better off with it.
>
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