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Originally posted by russotto
If you truly hold this position, you can hold no other.
There is an objective truth. It is approximable (if not discoverable) by human beings.
(beauty ain't totally subjective either..)
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So everything you're told is true, you accept?
Everything you believe to be true, you're sure is? The 'truth' we're told is that there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. That's the truth, and they're sticking to it. However, there really is no evidence of any such. As a matter of fact, the report that supposedly lead us into battle has since been dubbed 'inaccurate'.
Ok, so the 'truth' at the time, was that there was information of WoM in Iraq. We made them a state so that we could get their oil, I mean, we invaded them to liberate them from their evil leaders, because they had these dangerous WoM.
So the 'truth' at the time was one thing, but in reality, it wasn't true at all. However, many many people accepted this 'reality' as truth.
Perhaps I should have used a better word. Something like "Truth is whatever people can convince you of." Would that be better?
You see, like I said, truth, like beauty, is in fact in the eye of the beholder.
Furthermore, what I find to be beautiful, you may find revolting, and vice versa. Or perhaps not revolting, but maybe it doesn't quite "stir the soul", [dusty rhodes]if you weel[/dusty rhodes].
Beauty, like truth, is what ever people think it is. This is generally based on society as a whole. For example, people liked "heavier" women in the past, just look at examples of art. Now, popular culture seems to fancy women who are thin as a rail with huge plastic breasts. To each his own I say. But I'll stand by the statement: Truth, like beauty, is subjective.
Quzah.