You all, to use my own silly word, lampooned me very well. I admire your arguments. They are all thorough, passionate, and thoughtful, which is exactly what an argument should be. I agree that what I wrote sounds bad. I'll try and explain again.
What I meant, at the back of my mind, is that complete insistence on the guilt of another side is never healthy. There are very few areas of black and white, and even imperialism (which I have actually written essays on the terrible and destructive nature of) is no black and white issue. However guilty one side may be, I always try to see it from their point of view, and to find the justification, however skewed. That does not mean I necessarily believe in it. But I do try and understand it.
I suppose what I'm blundering around and trying to say is that balance and moderation are essential to arguments. I was trying to provide the balance, but in a horribly awkward way; which is too bad, because I am now the pariah of this post.
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Re: Not to join the ranks of the ridiculous, but...
Date: 2010-03-22 05:35 pm (UTC)What I meant, at the back of my mind, is that complete insistence on the guilt of another side is never healthy. There are very few areas of black and white, and even imperialism (which I have actually written essays on the terrible and destructive nature of) is no black and white issue. However guilty one side may be, I always try to see it from their point of view, and to find the justification, however skewed. That does not mean I necessarily believe in it. But I do try and understand it.
I suppose what I'm blundering around and trying to say is that balance and moderation are essential to arguments. I was trying to provide the balance, but in a horribly awkward way; which is too bad, because I am now the pariah of this post.