How do you paint?

Question

Our opinions can be based by a number of factors: past experiences, cultur, our upbringing, etc.

Whatever the subject of your opinion is,(religon, race, politics...), I would encourage all of us to think about if you are painting with the proper paint brush.

If we paint with the "paint roller" method it can be very easy to paint some areas the wrong color, making it hard to see thing way it was intended to be.

If we paint with our "detail brush" approach it will surely take more time, but I think we will get a better picture of how is supposed to be.

I would also encourage all of us to take time to paint the whole picture and take it all in before we form our opinion.

Also I think that all of us need to be considerate and respectful of the opinions of others. Even if we do not share that same opinion.

When we become rude, condensending, or nasty. We can close the door that would allow others to see things from our point of view.

Answer 1

Yesterday, someone posted a question regarding freedom of speech. Numerous muslims posted saying that if freedom of speech allows for insulting Mohummad (Shame Be Upon the Lunatic), then there should be no freedom of speech.

In very many ways, it is absolutely VITAL that rudeness, unkindness, and obscene language continue to be freely spoken, lest we allow ourselves to slip further and further into censorship.

In Europe, it is illegal to deny the Holocaust. Why?! The facts are there for anyone willing to do the genuine research -- it happened. If a few little idiot hate-mongerers want to stick their fingers in their ears and shout, "LA LA LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU LA LA LA," then let them. As they should have the freedom of speech, I too have the freedom of speech -- either to write articles and books countering their arguement OR to simply not listen to them. If I want to say Mohummad was a lunatic and a fraud who preached violence and hatred, so what? If you don't agree with me, then use that freedom of speech to write articles or books saying why I'm wrong, OR, don't listen.

If any one side of discourse is silenced by censorship, than any truth that side may have held, however small a seed, is irreversably lost and we are trapped accepting that which is left.

To return to the paintbrush analogy, no one has time enough in their lives to paint everything in detail. Were it not for the fact we paint large portions of our lives with the roller, we'd have no time to act, we'd spend our entire lives with our noses stuck in books and academia. I'm all for academia, I hold two degrees already and am looking to earn more, but even I know there is a time that theory must become practice.

When we become rude, condescending, or nasty, we aren't closing a door, we're throwing down a gauntlet. "Prove us wrong," as it were. Instead of whining that you don't agree with what was said... use your own right to speak to prove it wrong.

Answer 2

we must all realise there are reasons we think the way we do and have the biases we have. Culture and Society are a large part along with other factors such as what our parents and family feel about certain things along with certain experiences we have experienced. we must all respect others with differing viewpoints and try to gain wisdom and knowledge by understanding those who think differently for any reason.

Answer 3

I like to splatter paint myself, Just throw the whole bucket against the wall

Answer 4

During the time it took you to work out that metaphor, couldn't you have been busy feeding the hungry at a soup kitchen or something?

Answer 5

I'll take the easy way out and hire the painting crew thanks.

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shadowgirl

Answer 6

lovely analogy thank you for posting .. yes i will try and paint with a finer brush xx

Answer 7

Nice non-question.

Answer 8

Sorry, I lost interest, what was the non-question again?