tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746564418600302090.post6504149366599880568..comments2023-08-09T09:01:29.229-07:00Comments on Pliny's Tangent Du Jour: My 1/4 Cents WorthPliny-the-in-Betweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16580900408227953736noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746564418600302090.post-27378759367975114822011-11-08T09:28:38.114-08:002011-11-08T09:28:38.114-08:00How shall you compel the unreasonable to adopt you...How shall you compel the unreasonable to adopt your rules of reason?<br />---------------<br />the short answer - we won't. We can't. The siren's call of our delusions is too compelling.Pliny-the-in-Betweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16580900408227953736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746564418600302090.post-64691962630127954422011-11-07T19:21:52.720-08:002011-11-07T19:21:52.720-08:00How does a philosophy of tolerance embrace the int...How does a philosophy of tolerance embrace the intolerant? Compulsion at the point of a sword has been the common mode of managing dissent. How shall you compel the unreasonable to adopt your rules of reason? <br /><br />More than one human culture has thrown away tomorrows to provide a fantastic (as in fantasy) today. Individuals do the same all of the time. Rationality and reason is not a strong human compulsion, either individually or corporately.Michael Lockridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06748256055779697021noreply@blogger.com