http://www.playtah.com/121/coexist/ Sun, 20 May 2012 00:27:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.playtah.com/121/coexist/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Rachel Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:50:20 +0000 http://www.playtah.com/121/coexist/#comment-171 There is no easy answer to this question. Men (humans in general)are inherently selfish and want things their way. Many will use arguments to prove their point and then when it is revealed that their argument is false, void or plain stupid, they refuse to accept that. It is a human fault that we try to fit big, messy, incomprehensible things into nice, neat packages. We want to understand things. But the thing that you truly have to understand is that nothing is nice and neat. It is messy, ugly, confusing, beautiful and exactly matches what we are as humans. You can't treat everyone with the same brush stroke. Your example of Bono was a great one. He speaks to people from all walks of life. He uses different arguments for each one. He finds out their passion and uses it to his advantage to get them on board with him and his views of peace in the world. With Bush he uses Christian conservative reasons and with other people, he speaks to what they identify with like reducing land mines. Instead of lumping everyone into the same mold, you have to find out what motivates that specific person and run with it. It is only then that things will ever truly change. There is no easy answer to this question. Men (humans in general)are inherently selfish and want things their way. Many will use arguments to prove their point and then when it is revealed that their argument is false, void or plain stupid, they refuse to accept that.
It is a human fault that we try to fit big, messy, incomprehensible things into nice, neat packages. We want to understand things.
But the thing that you truly have to understand is that nothing is nice and neat. It is messy, ugly, confusing, beautiful and exactly matches what we are as humans.
You can’t treat everyone with the same brush stroke.
Your example of Bono was a great one. He speaks to people from all walks of life. He uses different arguments for each one. He finds out their passion and uses it to his advantage to get them on board with him and his views of peace in the world. With Bush he uses Christian conservative reasons and with other people, he speaks to what they identify with like reducing land mines.
Instead of lumping everyone into the same mold, you have to find out what motivates that specific person and run with it. It is only then that things will ever truly change.

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