Urbane Guerrilla |
02-06-2009 09:46 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Undertoad
(Post 529681)
Everyone is your opponent, aren't they?
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The unintelligent, the incapable, those who haven't drunk deeply enough of the Pierian spring -- these are my opposition. Generally the worse they are, the harder they struggle, and the more pitilessly I scourge them. The idea is to cause them to become dissatisfied with the low-quality ideas that they have hitherto been satisfied with, and Lord, do they bray and kick and scream to be allowed to keep their shoddiness.
But the world does not deal kindly with shoddy thinking, does it? Nor does it attend to whiningly expressed preference to retain shoddiness.
No, UT, everyone is not my opponent. Only those people who delight in second-quality philosophies. I'd prefer they seek wisdom. I'm not convinced I'm getting what I'd prefer.
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