Your suggestions are generous and sound, but John and others know that they can evade both evidence and reason with a lazy declaration of "I don't believe it." If I had coercive power over them I could require that they read your suggested list, or my own, and confront them with a mountain of evidence and documentation, but I have no such control and, in the end, the friendship is a casualty.
Your suggestions are generous and sound, but John and others know that they can evade both evidence and reason with a lazy declaration of "I don't believe it." If I had coercive power over them I could require that they read your suggested list, or my own, and confront them with a mountain of evidence and documentation, but I have no such control and, in the end, the friendship is a casualty.
Whether it be the president of the United States of America, members of his cabinet, your family, or your friends, if they are not interested in having a congenial discussion with you about anything, aren't they telling you that they don't respect your opinion, and ultimately that they don't respect you?
Given such circumstances, is it worth your time to invest in that relationship?
I say, toss the "seeds" out there, and if they take root, you can avail yourself if they ever come around.
As for a president, isn't a primary task of good leadership to stand for scrutiny and explain to the population that which you are doing and why you are doing it?
There is a stark difference between the current options, and if this represents the population at large, then it suggests that the current system is played out. But, why would anyone want a deceitful/incompetent administration to preside over the implementation of a new format for life?
Your suggestions are generous and sound, but John and others know that they can evade both evidence and reason with a lazy declaration of "I don't believe it." If I had coercive power over them I could require that they read your suggested list, or my own, and confront them with a mountain of evidence and documentation, but I have no such control and, in the end, the friendship is a casualty.
A relationship with a person with a closed mind is like trying to dance on the head of a pin. It's not worth it.
Whether it be the president of the United States of America, members of his cabinet, your family, or your friends, if they are not interested in having a congenial discussion with you about anything, aren't they telling you that they don't respect your opinion, and ultimately that they don't respect you?
Given such circumstances, is it worth your time to invest in that relationship?
I say, toss the "seeds" out there, and if they take root, you can avail yourself if they ever come around.
As for a president, isn't a primary task of good leadership to stand for scrutiny and explain to the population that which you are doing and why you are doing it?
There is a stark difference between the current options, and if this represents the population at large, then it suggests that the current system is played out. But, why would anyone want a deceitful/incompetent administration to preside over the implementation of a new format for life?
Well put, and I heartily concur. You evoke a better world than the one in which we live.