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Quote by: Anmon  You say you don't like extremes right? Well isn't anyone classed as black like Negro, by political correctness, even if they are mostly white, isn't that an extreme, can't they say without being howled down by the race lobby 'well I am also white as well', you know one of these fascinating grey areas you like? |
I'm still not clear on what you're saying. Maybe it's me. I'm busy kicking myself for sitting inside on such a beautiful day, though I'm wandering outside every chance I get.
Anyway...
My philosophy regarding gray areas has nothing to do with ethnicity. I'm talking about philosophical extremes. I disagree with those who contend people are either conservative or liberal, republican or democrat, good or evil, positive or negative, and yes, gay or straight.
Life is too complex to attempt to portray it as limited to only two choices. It's as ridiculous as describing myself as happy or sad. Some days I'm one, some days the other and most days a combination of both in unequal measure. If you put any extreme position as X on a scale, and the extreme opposite as Y on the same scale, I contend most of life occurs somewhere along the scale, not at either end.
The only event in life that I can see with no opposite state, no shade of gray, is death. Death comes to all without degree. It's the one absolute we can all be sure we'll experience.
I see no value in living an either/or computer type life. My brain is able to cope with other values, I can discern nuances a computer, or a person who thinks life is limited to only the extremes, cannot. And that ability makes life worth living for me.