Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[MLD38]

TO follylama: re point

follylama, you wrote: ..."MLD, You are again missing the point. The "conservative" party has become anything but conservative. The neocons who have come to dominate are nothing more than frustrated liberals who have found a place in the current republican party, and neoconservative foreign policy has been disasterous for the US"...


First, I am not missing YOUR point nor the AUTHOR's point. I understand what both of you believe to be "a point", but I also understand there are other views (ie points), if you do not appoarch a topic with a closed mind.

Someone once wrote in a novel : ..."Why does everything have to have a point? Why can't I just make fun of you"...


Someone on another website's message boards wrote:
..."While knowing something about the author is helpfull, ultimately if something is true, and to what degree it is true has little to do with who wrote what, and more to do with what was written."...."first the facts must be correct, then objectively interpeted"...


I replied:
..."That is why it is important NOT to rely on message board posts or the views of other authors when making personal decisions. It is important to do your own background research and know both sides of an issue. It is also important to know the identity of the person presenting "their set of the facts", so you can screen out information that you conclude to be one-sided. This not only applies to political views, but other areas in life (ie investment decisions)."...



Someone else on the message board wrote:
..."OK, but I think you are stuck on a sideline while ignoring the main point."...


I replied:
..."Ahhh, yes, the old sidelines. As what? Am I a fan in the stands, the coach, a cheerleader, or? The point is to know the subject and identify the players and understand everyone's knowledge of the game. I really do not consider politics, finances, etc a game, but wrote the above to show my fun side "...


NOTE: The point is to know the subject, identify the players, NOT to rely on bias advice of others, understand everyone's knowledge of the topic, research rational debate, then decide for yourself.