Comments on: The Messy World and Blackwater http://polizeros.com/2007/12/06/the-messy-world-and-blackwater/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:36:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bob Morris http://polizeros.com/2007/12/06/the-messy-world-and-blackwater/#comment-146181 Bob Morris Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:06:33 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/12/06/the-messy-world-and-blackwater/#comment-146181 Yeah, it's the I'm-right-so-you-must-be-wrong ethos. Revolution in JesusLand, which tracks highly progressive parts of the evangelical community <a href="http://revolutioninjesusland.com/index.php/2007/12/04/brian-mclaren-attempts-intelligent-dialog-with-secular-left-secular-left-responds-with-snarky-insults/" rel="nofollow">blogs</a> about much the same thing. "Brian McLaren attempts intelligent dialog with secular left; secular left responds with snarky insults" Somehow we need to get past all of this.. Yeah, it’s the I’m-right-so-you-must-be-wrong ethos.

Revolution in JesusLand, which tracks highly progressive parts of the evangelical community blogs about much the same thing.

“Brian McLaren attempts intelligent dialog with secular left; secular left responds with snarky insults”

Somehow we need to get past all of this..

]]> By: Robert Paterson http://polizeros.com/2007/12/06/the-messy-world-and-blackwater/#comment-146176 Robert Paterson Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:51:26 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/12/06/the-messy-world-and-blackwater/#comment-146176 How kind of you to post like this. I have been a bit stunned by many of the reactions to trying to offer a debate. So many only wish to rant. I agree with you that this leads to a much bigger issue than BW - how can a democracy function when there is no desire to look at what is really going on? I fear that much of what is vital to our future - when and how we go to war, energy, education, healthcare etc are caught up in competing dogmas lerading to paralysis. The full bill will come due on all of these related issues and then I wonder, will it be too late? How kind of you to post like this. I have been a bit stunned by many of the reactions to trying to offer a debate. So many only wish to rant.

I agree with you that this leads to a much bigger issue than BW - how can a democracy function when there is no desire to look at what is really going on?

I fear that much of what is vital to our future - when and how we go to war, energy, education, healthcare etc are caught up in competing dogmas lerading to paralysis.

The full bill will come due on all of these related issues and then I wonder, will it be too late?

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