Re: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

[traig <Traig.S.Foltz.5@nd.edu>]

>someone ---referencing 'black', 'white' & 'gray'--- said:
>  >People take, almost religious, pleasure in pointing out that the three
>  >hues are on an equal standing. They aren't. This rallying cry,  *Don't 
> see
>  >things only in black and white* has been mouthed for so long- - people
>  >begin to believe that only gray exists.
>hmmm.
>why does this clever micro-truism does *not* ring true, to me?
>because that cliché-
>'don't see things only in black & white'-
>in its implication of absolutism inherent within dualistic thinking, 
>clearly
>means to bring up the subject of infinite *colors*, not infinite *grays* 
>as
>you have spun, here.
>eh?
>best,
>dt / SPLaTTeRCeLL

>in fact,  "black & white"  (as a metaphor for absolutes)  rarely 
>exist in this world - everything is , indeed, a shade of gray, 
>green, yellow, blue, red - i find it a bit disturbing that someone 
>is pounding his fist here saying that "black & white" IS the way of 
>reality.  dt is correct here,  "clearly
means to bring up the subject of infinite *colors*, not infinite *grays* 
..."

to speak of things in only absolutes edges towards facism......

traig

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