Tuesday, August 26, 2008

IS IT REALLY WHAT WE WANT?

nuance (plural nuances)
A minor distinction.
Subtlety or fine detail.
Understanding the basics is easy; appreciating the nuances takes years.
1901: Alpheus Spring Packard
Isnt this the final frontier to our intellectual evolution? The movement of appreciating nuances to understanding that all things are not black or white. The issue has been that grey matter or nuances as they maybe called has always had an agenda that worked against the understanding of intellectual or philosophical points.
To make it plain requires a greater effort than that of “scratching the surface”. There has to be a more grander scheme than the monolithic points we have existed in. For abortion or against abortion, where is the against the need for the great amounts of abortions by education. Republican or democrat, where is the home for the guy that believes in a little of both? Who will speak for him? Or even gun-control or second amendment rights, where is the thought of how can a man justify kill a duck with an uzi, or much more sinister, the reason greater guns are in existance has nothing to do with the Bill of Rights but that of making a profit.
Which brings me to the question, where are the moral bill of rights. Ah! Morality, the ultimate nuance. One cant logically say we as a people have progressed beyond the level of humanity that we acted upon 2,000 years ago. There are still needless killings that exist for reasons that have yet to change. There are still oppressive institutions that have yet to allow 98 percent of the world to co-exist without paying a life toll.
But I guess the answer would be the bible, good old word of God inspired by man. Always wondered what type of book that is considered the word of God would contain a holy war that has no end…where is the humanity and morality in that? There has been a right or wrong slant for so long that we don’t know what is or is not right or wrong. The answer doesn’t lie in the middle it lies in the nuance. If one day we stop deciding between left or right on our path to progress and forge a more educated and moralistic road there is a possibilty of hope for us all.

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