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Originally Posted by Pagoda  Peter Birkenhead's whole argument can be summed up by this point he makes in his article.
"If you wouldn't tell another person you loved her before you got to know her, why would you do that to yourself? Skipping the getting-to-know-you part has given us what we deserve: the Oprah culture."
I'm sorry, but restricting your love for people until you get to know them is exactly what is wrong with society today. Not the other way around. He gets the cause and effect wrong, on this point and every other point in the piece. |
I certainly wouldnt tell someone I loved them without getting to know them first, would you? Can the statement really contain any meaning beyond an idealistic sentimentality?
I thought it was a good point by the author, however I'm keeping an open mind and would be interested to see some rationale supporting the argument that we should love everyone by default.
I suspect, however, the argument will need to get into the semantics of what we really mean by "love" someone.