Iron Values

Howdy non-existent readers! Unless of course your from the future and reading this after the fact, at which point, just howdy. Anyway, I was suffering over the political quagmire that is the internet as we approach the 2008 American presidential elections and have come to conclusion that I thought would be just perfect for this blog.

Namely, another problem that crops up while we try to come to terms with our many differences, that problem being; our inability to admit or even fathom that were wrong.

Obviously not everyone is guilty of this, but it seems that we put a unfair burden on the champions of our viewpoints to never back down or even waver, and then we look to them and say ‘well they haven’t backed down so neither will I’. Really that seems like a vicious cycle to me. Our expectations our what keeps them from changing, and then we don’t change because they don’t.

As I said earlier, getting people who don’t share our beliefs to look at them is a good way to find flaws you may have missed. But that only works if we can admit that we were wrong, even in a small way. I think that it’s important for all of us to understand that many many of our beliefs and values have been created by other humans, and humans, in their nature, are imperfect beings. As such, we should always keep in mind that these beliefs and values are not iron clad and 100% flawless.