Except then you’d be right demanding they state something like “You were right, the war was unjustified; perhaps we need better monitoring of our leaders. My current stance is that the war should be continued for reasons X.”
There are smart people who held consistent pro-war opinions, granted—personally I’m trying not to take a stance on the war itself, in this situation—but the majority are chock full of cognitive dissonance.
There are certainly many problems associated with any heated debate. I only addressed one point (so your reply is not to me; at least, I didn’t understand a single point you made in it, so perhaps something in there was intended to be on the point I addressed).
This is why I need to write a proper article about this. My first post was only a short hand sketch, which now leaves me feeling like the reverse-Homer Simpson (“Sorry if it SOUNDED sarcastic).”
Except then you’d be right demanding they state something like “You were right, the war was unjustified; perhaps we need better monitoring of our leaders. My current stance is that the war should be continued for reasons X.”
There are smart people who held consistent pro-war opinions, granted—personally I’m trying not to take a stance on the war itself, in this situation—but the majority are chock full of cognitive dissonance.
There are certainly many problems associated with any heated debate. I only addressed one point (so your reply is not to me; at least, I didn’t understand a single point you made in it, so perhaps something in there was intended to be on the point I addressed).
This is why I need to write a proper article about this. My first post was only a short hand sketch, which now leaves me feeling like the reverse-Homer Simpson (“Sorry if it SOUNDED sarcastic).”
:)