Hey stevo,
I've enjoyed reading your responses to this thread. In fact, I was thinking about your first post, and I was hoping to ask you for clarification. You wrote:
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Originally Posted by stevo
I feel its important to take a stand. Its important to know what you believe in. I think it is important to have convictions and not just sway with the wind. I think most people are "moderates" which, to me, basically says, "I take the side of the winner. I don't want to commit to anything until I have a good idea of the outcome."
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Could you say more about WHY you think it is important to take a stand? I'm curious as to what order your thought process happens in. Given the importance you place on having a defined opinion or judgment, do you have to do preliminary information gathering before developing said "stand"? And after you've got some ideas and framed them in your values, what is the threshold for changing your stand?
An example (not a threadjack) would be your opinion of President Bush. I've gathered that your stand is that he's better than the alternative, if not wonderful. Given that, can you tell me a little about how you process the news (such as the State of the Union address or current NSA wiretapping story)? I'm typing this gingerly, because obviously this thread shouldn't devolve into yet another argument over the politics of the current administration. I'm trying to get an insight into how you evaluate information.