At 07:05 PM 01/11/2007, you wrote:
>Blame postmodernism. Everything is relative.
Any
>attempt to establish some sort of standard
is
>prejudicial. Making judgements is evil.
>
>miker
You've been beating that straw man for so long you appear to
have forgotten that Einstein, whose genius you accept
elsewhere in this discussion, is credited with positing the
Theory of Relativity.
Well, maybe there are postmodernists who interpret relativity
to mean what you say it means. I haven't read them all, but I
interpreted what I have read on the subject to mean that the
value of standards relate to circumstances of the time, the
individuals involved etc. If the establishment of a standard
is understood to be prejudicial, it is so that we may
understand whether the circumstances under which they are
established might apply to our own. This does not negate the
relevancy of making judgements, it informs the process.
Of course, if you've decided that one particular set of
standards is universal and all encompassing, a rather
god-like pose, then I guess the determination of others to
make their own judgements based upon the above considerations
(or others) would indeed be considered evil.
Your argument reads like a case of projection to me, but I'm
sure you'll pinpoint the evil of my ways.
Best, Kerry
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