Dialogue, Not Dish...I Promise genre: Indie-Script

OK, frustration break. Today, I spent a fair amount of time on another site in a "discussion" about immigration. First admission...I have an opinion about everything. First caveat...even though I have an opinion, I want to hear other opinions because the only thing I'm really pursuing is some degree of "truth". First frustration...intransigence in the absence of data and fact rarely leads anyone closer to the "truth"...which is where I'm hoping to travel. Second frustration...if the "first frustration" exists, then the attempt to achieve some degree of "truth" being pursued in the "first caveat" has failed.

Second admission...my opinions aren't always fully vetted to the point that I can site verbatim data and fact. Second caveat...even though I think I have fact and data to support my opinions, there is always more data and more fact available or to be discovered. Third frustration...an unwillingness to listen to all the available facts and accept that data is always being updated rarely leads anyone closer to the "truth"...which is where I'm hoping to travel. Fourth frustration...if the "third frustration" exists, then the attempt to achieve some degree of refined "truth" being pursued in the "second caveat" will fail.

Final admission...I just want some good old fashioned collegial discussion. Final caveat...if you're right, I'm happy to admit same in order for "us" to get closer to more consensus "truth". Second to last frustration...if the willingness to admit the other party (whether that's me or you) might be more right...hence have more "truth" isn't present, "we" won't get any closer to the "truth"...which is where I'm hoping to travel. Final frustration...if the "second to last frustration" exists, then the attempt to achieve some mutual consensus on the "truth" that "we" are pursuing in the "final caveat" will fail.

Honestly, how I get to the "truth" isn't as important as getting there...if you can help me get there, I will be thrilled, grateful, and grudge free. So right now my "truth" is simply that my head hurts. I'd be happy to be proven wrong.

Daniel DiRito | April 23, 2006 | 7:49 PM
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1 On April 24, 2006 at 9:40 AM, Jimi wrote —

Daniel,

Damn, I think you just joined an elite club!

1) you use your real name
2) you put the "truth" in quotes!
3) you admit to being human
4) you admit being fallible
4.5) metacognition!

That's gotta be a Grand Slam or a Hail Mary of the blogging world.

2 On April 24, 2006 at 10:47 AM, Daniel wrote —

Jimi,

Sadly, I don't want to be in an elite club because that would mean the task at hand is all the larger. Though in reality, I think I already knew that the task was enormous.

The funny thing is that I am completely sincere in my remarks...I have one singular agenda...finding some mutual "truth" so that we creatures called humans might enjoy a little more of our brief role as "the king of the jungle".

Thanks for the comments and I hope we can continue the dialogue.

Daniel

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