Often, people are guided, or misguided, by the lens through which they see the world. For instance, you apparently think that this is really important to me, as if I have some stake in it. But the very simple fact of the matter is, I enjoy intelligent debate. And more then just debate for the sake of debate, I personally feel that there is something worthy to be gained out of it. There IS a valid Debate between what Classes are or are not. There is a Valid Debate with regards to how things get compared, and how marketing is employed. There are two very reasonable sides to this topic. Unfortunately, lots and lots of people have opinions, but the vast majority lack any kind of reasoning FOR their opinions.
I am trying to draw the reasoning out. There are, as I said, two valid sides to this argument. And remember, I didn't start this argument. I am only participating. Thus far, I have heard nothing that remotely resembles a well reasoned argument for the opposing view that I have taken up. Why do I continue to post on this topic? It's obvious, or it should be. Because other people continue to post. The world is chalked full of Irony. And the public spaces on the internet are simply overflowing with it. Here is one that quite makes me smile. I get accused of stirring the pot, by a person that repeatedly continues to post in reply to me, as though I ALONE am the beginning, middle and end.
I don't have a personal investment in this argument. I do this for fun, and I do this because I HONESTLY believe there is value in pitting two viable, but opposing views. I believe we all take away something. I Have a lens I see through, just like every other human being. And although I like to believe that I am open minded. I know only too well that my views are colored. Well reasoned debate opens angles that I have yet to put together for myself. And there are plenty of times when my view point has been completely altered by a very well reasoned argument. This is one way we grow as human beings. People want to see Vitriol everywhere, even when someone is handing over an olive branch. That is the world we live in today. Where our focus has been so curtailed that if a thought is not put in the form of a tweet, then the thought has no meaning at all.
It occurs to me that these people that claim to be offended by my posts, could simply not respond and further, when they see my name, ignore it. So what does it say about these people when they launch attack after attack. It tells ME something about them Kiotiken. And between you and I, I tend to think some of them are exactly what they want to accuse me of being.
