Wednesday, December 18, 2024

How nice is our argument?


This is not simply a logical puzzle. This is not simply a game.

Many people think we should be just "nice"!

Many people think we should be just "winsome"!

I was once told the story of a crash on the M6 motorway. It was because of dense fog and there was, in the fog, a pile up of cars. There was no warning and more and more cars were piling into the fatal carnage.

I was told of a man running up the hard shoulder of the motorway shouting and screaming and throwing road cones into the road... trying to slow the traffic. Trying to stop more and more cars ploughing into the crash.

I want to be that man.

We are to be careful.

We are to use our words with kindness and consideration.

But...

We are to be alarmed

We are to be alarming

We are to be angry.

We need to identify the lies and we need to identify the deliberate liars.


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