Author: whyzardwhyzard Date: Nov 28, 2006 23:26
Tom wrote:
>>
>> whyzard wrote:
>>> I don't do that anymore since i've quit alcohol cause it is very
>>> stressful to imagine life is clear cut opposites.
>>> you either get stressed out or you get frustrated
>>
>> I think most people find it stressful to imagine life *isn't* clear cut
>> opposites. They prefer there to be two sides so they can have the
>> security and stability of choosing one, plus all the support and
>> inclusiveness of everyone who agrees with them and a clear enemy in
>> those who don't. They need a line in the sand so they know where to
>> plant their feet.
>
> Dualism isn't necessarily all absolutes, as Whyzard seems to believe, but
> about differences, which includes gradations and relativity. But when one
> is really drunk, the whole world is reduced to its simplest possible
> black-and-white terms, since one has disabled the mechanism by which ...
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