Ying/Yang
When I was younger and more tender, the idea of “relativism” - such as it is - filled me with indignation. Because, you know, if truth is relative, that means everyone could be right at the same time, a reality which would both defy common sense and smell like hippies.
I never considered the other side of the relativism coin, which is that perhaps, since truth is relative, everyone is simultaneously wrong.
As I grow older, this possibility strikes me as more plausible.
D. Greene wrote:
I used to hold the same righteous indignation. Now, I reserve it for wimpy mulitculturalism - the kind that bends over and takes it from radical fundamentalists of any type. Oh btw, you’ve been tagged!
I don’t usually participate in blog memes but this is a good one.
Posted on 10-Oct-07 at 6:17 am | Permalink