Doesn't that argument extend into the realm of being at peace with the fact that you've just deliberately insulted someone as harshly as you can, because you don't like who they are?
In this particular case, it's hard to tell whether the initial offence was meant to be given, maliciously or without caring, or if it was just negativity in the process of offering constructive criticism.
I'm inclined to assume the goal was to offer constructive criticism, simply for the sake of blinding myself to reality - in which case, part of achieving the goal is to structure the criticism in such a fashion that it will be heard, listened to, and incorporated into a revised structure. That wasn't successfully done in this case (or even attempted, as far as I can tell), so my base feeling is that they should be partly responsible for the negative reaction.
(am half way through my first encounter with Mr Dawkins actually - very interesting stuff, too early to recommend and I don't like all of his language tone, but I suspect I'm going to be finding more of his work, once I've been through some of the sources)
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Date: 2007-12-01 02:38 pm (UTC)In this particular case, it's hard to tell whether the initial offence was meant to be given, maliciously or without caring, or if it was just negativity in the process of offering constructive criticism.
I'm inclined to assume the goal was to offer constructive criticism, simply for the sake of blinding myself to reality - in which case, part of achieving the goal is to structure the criticism in such a fashion that it will be heard, listened to, and incorporated into a revised structure. That wasn't successfully done in this case (or even attempted, as far as I can tell), so my base feeling is that they should be partly responsible for the negative reaction.
(am half way through my first encounter with Mr Dawkins actually - very interesting stuff, too early to recommend and I don't like all of his language tone, but I suspect I'm going to be finding more of his work, once I've been through some of the sources)