Friday, April 3, 2009
We don't get the facts straight.
I think life is full of misunderstandings. That's why we have wars. Disputes. Look at what got us into the war in Iraq for example. A colossal misunderstanding. We thought that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. He had nothing of the sort. So we went in. Captured Hussein. Sent him to the gallows. And meanwhile, we've pretty much destroyed the country. Sent thousands of young soldiers to death. Killed tens of thousands of civilians, including women and children. Yes, all because of a misunderstanding. Faulty information. But that's life. Little misunderstandings. Big misunderstandings. We all have people pissed at us. Or we're pissed at them. All because of trivial misunderstandings. Misinformation. Misguidance. Because we don't get the facts straight. --Jim Broede
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Much like the Alz forum?
Much like so many things. Millions of things. It's a fact of life that we don't get our facts straight. And that applies to all of us. So many, many misunderstandings. But when goodwill prevails, we do sometimes muddle through. --Jim
I think I finally figured out that when you write "we" or "us", you mean yourself.
Anonymous too
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Sometimes I mean the collective society, and I may be part of that society. Language, really, is imprecise. Because a single word can have so many, many meanings. --Jim
One of the nicest things in the world is to clear up misunderstandings. For people to get things right. To understand and appreciate each other. It happens. And that's a thrill. --Jim
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