In all things.
Aristotle taught us to find a harmonic balance between emotional, characteristic extremes. Moderation in all things is the byword here, pretty much.
More and more, I see people unwilling to accept moderation in anything, and pushing further and further away from...well, sense. Screw morality (Aristotle's overall field of concern here), some things are just stupid.
First thing I want to reference, and I'd like to point out that this isn't in my usual style, is http://ravingatheist.com. I read a little, and it's well written, I liked it. But then, after a while, I realised that he (I assume it's a he) is ranting against religion with all the spittle-mouthed fervour that preachers rant for it. This, obviously, can be extended to other people of my own aquaintance, actually. Just bothers me that people feel the need to jump so very heavily on one side of the fence. Can't you just say 'I believe you are wrong'? Anyway, like I said, it's well written and usually quite reasonable, so it gets a one-thumb up and a neat 'fuck off' from me, which as those who know me will probably know, is actually quite a compliment.
Secondly, and this is drawn from a post of Mr. George Shore (indirectly, and my thoughts and prayers go with his family); the same problems exist in the social sphere. Why are we all so desperate to label a group of people wrong? 'Chavs' attack 'moshers', 'moshers' take the moral high-ground and simply label 'chavs' evil and say they should be wiped out (one must wonder if this is actually moral high-ground or merely weakness of conviction); what are we to believe? I believe that anyone who's willing to judge anyone else as evil has to have some moral weight on them; surely? I mean, it may be a Western, Judeo-Christiocentric view that forgiveness is inherently good, but if you want to jump to memetic atheism, notice that it's the forgiving and self-sacrificing monotheistic model that seems to be the most powerful; and that's just proof of the evolutionary advantages of it, as a social contract. I'm sorry, I digress. Regardless, Can one not stop labelling everything so generally?
Why must one be 'mosher' or 'chav'? 'theist' or 'rationalist' (sic)? I mean, obviously, there are people that aren't, but even the people that are realise the other side is bad for exactly the same crimes they are guilty of: that of straying too far from centre.
Anyway, I'm sorry I haven't posted for a while. Lots of stuff going on. Should be as regular as a posie with a photosynthesis addiction, in the immediate future.
Ask me about my raped friend.
-Out.
