Speak Your Truth

"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:PJidnQIELOCzA6HcRVn-uQ_at_comcast.com...
>
> "mAsterdam" <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> wrote in message
> news:4139e02c$0$78749$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl...
> >
> > No! "*my* view" (emphasis mine).
> > One of the (your) purposes of talking EDS vs IDS was to get
> > the discussion out of this them vs. us tone, right?
>
> I need to clarify something here. When I used the phrase "my view", I did
> NOT mean "My opinion about what the correct view is".

While there is a danger in becoming overly convinced of one's own opinions, there is another danger in the opposite direction: becoming overly weak about holding one's own opinions.

In fact, even the phrase "in my opinion" serves no real purpose. Everything everyone says everywhere is their opinion. That is, they are describing the truth as best they understand it. (Unless they are explicitly hypothesizing.) Any leading "I think that..." can be omitted, because it is redundant.

The best thing for a debate is when all participants speak the truth as they understand it.

As an exercise, read the version of this post below the signature, and tell me if it is any better than the actual post.

Marshall

While there is a danger in becoming over convinced of one's own opinions, it seems to me there is another danger in the opposite direction: becoming overly weak about holding one's own opinions.

In my opinion, even the phrase "in my opinion" serves no real purpose. I believe that everything everyone says everywhere is their opinion. It seems to me they are describing the truth as best they understand it. (Unless perhaps they are explicitly hypothesizing.) I think that any leading "I think that..." can be omitted, because it is redundant.

I believe the best thing for a debate is when all participants speak the truth as they understand it. Received on Mon Sep 06 2004 - 21:45:18 CEST