09-18-2015, 06:01 AM
(09-18-2015, 12:15 AM)Aion Wrote: I will just give you all the correctness you so desire and say 'You're right! Ignore me, I'm STS!'
That is a belittling remark, it seems. So anyone who has a different opinion and tries to make a point has to be "right"?
I for one do not desire correctness, just as I do not have "beliefs." I would say that I desire truth (which evolves), and exploring concepts, and expanding my awareness, which are all counter to the idea of being "correct." I like the idea that when I discuss something I can make myself understood and that I'm heard. When it comes to eating animals, or suffering, as much as I feel compassion for suffering of any kind, I don't see myself as righteous or right or a "saver."
This is a discussion. If you have nothing more to say, perhaps you could hold a little less tightly to your ideas. I say that because that's what I do in these discussions—I recognized early on that I was rigid in my thinking and this is something I endeavor not to be. This dates back to 2011 when I first joined the "in regards to eating meat" thread. I saw that there were many interesting facets to consider from intelligent people. I have tried ever since then to open my mind and consider what others say. I also have reworded and rethought and stretched and restretched my own communication skills to reveal, even to myself, what I have within me to say. So you may be tired of repeating yourself, but from my point of view it can be a good thing to do so.
Some here are under the impression that this is an argument "to win." I don't see it that way.