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Originally Posted by theknightwhosaysni-NI  Ok, but it seems to me that currently you resonate with the point of view of this article  |
To me all this carefully worded jargon is a little like saying income tax is an "income adjustment", or other such nonsense. Why is it so bad to say that "I have this opinion, I have this point of view, this is MY opinion"? The argument is that it defines and constricts you, but who says that it has to? People are perfectly capable of changing their opinions, and should not be afraid of the ownership of whatever comes out of their minds and souls.
Perhaps I am really missing some fundamental piece of knowledge and am unable to fully grasp the significance of this whole opinion thing. I just honestly think that it's dancing around the issue, like a politician evading difficult questions. For example, when the tragic events in Rwanda were occuring back in 1994, the UN refused to explicitly say that it was genocide. Instead they labelled it "acts of a genocidal nature" which meant they didn't have to intercede. I apologize for the extreme example, but I feel like the same sort of word play is going on.