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Give the next guy some credit.
Authored by: macmath on Sep 11, '03 09:26:08PM

Just because person X has a valid point does not mean that person Y's different point is not also valid. In addition, people are not one-dimensional: just because person X states belief A does not mean that they do not also hold your belief B.

Arrogance is assuming that oneself or one's point-of-view is more important than someone else's. Tolerance comes from giving the next guy credit for being as valuable as yourself. Deriding someone for stating a belief and issuing your own 'superior' belief just puts everyone else on the defensive when you probably all really agree on most points.

For the world to exist in peace without hunger or killing, *everyone* has to think first of someone else (and act on behalf of someone else) before thinking of themselves. [Car accidents are still going to happen, but if fewer people felt that their need to get somewhere fast is more important that the next person's need to get somewhere fast, then fewer car accidents would happen as well.] Requiring that this consideration just exist between countries is not enough...it has to exist between people whenever they cross each other's paths, including on this board.

Live and let live, everyone.

By the way, I do not believe that the above stated belief is more important than anyone else's belief. In addition, by conceding the previous sentence, I do not feel that I am any better than anybody else.



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Give the next guy some credit.
Authored by: mrpresident47 on Sep 11, '03 11:07:23PM

I'm not sure that you believe anything beyond the fact that disagreement scares you.



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Give the next guy some credit.
Authored by: macmath on Sep 11, '03 11:18:54PM

I believe they all had a point, although some did not represent their point well.

I'm not sure there was any disagreement above. Just statements followed by other statements. No one wrote back and said "That's not a valid point". Everyone seemed to just write in and say "You missed this point." I did not see anything get resolved either, just a bunch of ruffled feathers.

Why read something and get all worked up that the other person is missing the whole point when the other person never said they were putting forth the whole point. Energy can surely be spent much better than this.



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