tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200159229643517626.post3681625270824326814..comments2023-06-11T01:47:05.170-08:00Comments on Brutal Antipathy: The Architecture of O/pBrutal Antipathy and his property Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09095275880352959435noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200159229643517626.post-10083756330547905092010-12-20T08:58:23.733-09:002010-12-20T08:58:23.733-09:00We approach the same goal from slightly different ...We approach the same goal from slightly different directions.Ben Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17807488850925842222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200159229643517626.post-16502951010043970342010-12-20T07:34:36.088-09:002010-12-20T07:34:36.088-09:00I do agree that one size does not fit all. My entr...I do agree that one size does not fit all. My entry was more one of perspective and why a different approach gives a vastly different view of the overall picture. <br /><br />I think that the problem with self definition comes from a lack of agreeable observations. "I am a historian." is not a tangible or physically observable statement, but any group of historians can through discussion determine if the person is telling the truth or not. The same can be said with certain lifestyles. The person may make the claim of practicing a lifestyle, but when they then insist that they do the opposite of some dozen commonly held lifestyle practices, it is obvious to anyone except the person making the claim, and perhaps even to them if they are being intentionally dishonest or inflammatory, that they are not a practitioner of what they claim to be.Brutal Antipathy and his property Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095275880352959435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200159229643517626.post-32440109389668665492010-12-20T05:47:59.474-09:002010-12-20T05:47:59.474-09:00The problem is definition. How one person defines ...The problem is definition. How one person defines a word is different than how another person defines a word. This is simple enough to rectify. Just agree on a definition.<br /><br />But it is compounded by the cornerstone O/P is not a fixed thing, tangible and able to be observed physically. It is a living thing and so is never the same.<br /><br />I can (and have) own a tractor. This can be observed with any number of instruments by different people and they will all come up with the same answer.<br /><br />A relationship between two people examined by any two people never generates the same results.<br /><br />Can there be a true way? Yes. But only as it applies to one relationship. <br /><br />Every other relationship, relying as it does on unique individuals, must therefore be different.<br /><br />It's still definition.<br /><br />One size cannot fit all comfortably. To believe one size does fit all is to engage in greater mindlessness than failing to agree on a definition.Ben Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17807488850925842222noreply@blogger.com