Southern Kross
Away with the fairies
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I have some quotes by Elie Weisel to contribute:
"Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies."
"Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil."
"Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life."
"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
OK, so the last one is more specific to acts of aggression but I do believe we must take sides. I don't believe you have to be overly opinionated but at least care enough about things to have position on them. I am very much for remaining open-minded but I don't think you have to choose between this and having an opinion.
"Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies."
"Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil."
"Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life."
"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
OK, so the last one is more specific to acts of aggression but I do believe we must take sides. I don't believe you have to be overly opinionated but at least care enough about things to have position on them. I am very much for remaining open-minded but I don't think you have to choose between this and having an opinion.
An opinion can be a place-holder conclusion until there is more information. It is possible to have an internally open thought system that never concludes 100%, but maintains a somewhat agnostic view. This is not to say that everything is 50% likely, but that some conclusions may have enough proof to have negligible doubt, while other conclusions are barely hypotheses. Sometimes it is possible to have multiple hypotheses about an idea.
When it comes to the practicality of living, any action requires some degree of conclusion. The difference in open or closed opinion is the way one adapts to new information, even if it is in conflict with previous information.