|
|
|
I was involved in an online debate recently, one of my comments was about Bush attending, and graduating from Harvard was not influenced by his family's money or position. My adversary retorted that if I believed that I was a partisan.
My reply was, "Of course I'm a partisan. Aren't you? Isn't everyone?" I am unashamedly partisan. I have opinions and I'm willing to debate and defend them. I make no false claim to impartiality. I don't believe the perfectly impartial person exists. We ALL have our prejudices. Let's just admit it and go from there.
The question should not be about whether or not I have opinions, but whether or not I can logically defend them. Notice I said logically, not emotionally. Emotional arguments are pointless. The only arguments worth response are logical ones. Emotions are nothing more than reflexive responses to ideas or stimuli. They may or may not have a logical basis. They are, however, subjective. Logic is pure. It is outside the realm of emotion. It is our only link to rationality.
Posted by Ted at February 26, 2004 9:31 PM