what is more important to you - facts or common sense?

Question

it just boggles my mind how much common sense has been eradicated in our society. i used to work on the honor board at my school and most of the kids who were charged with offenses walk away with no punishment because there were not enough "facts" to prove their wrongdoing. and guess what? most of the kids after being acquitted TOLD ME that they actually did the crime! but they couldn't be tried again because of double jeopardy. but they lied during the entire procedure because they knew that they had no incriminating statements. just like with oj, just like with burning the american flag, common sense has been eradicated.

Answer 1

You mean, like, even though there weren't, in fact, any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, it was way cool for the president to invade that nation because, after all, we know how much "common sense" he has? Or, just because Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11 it was OK to go after him because, after all, anyone with any "common sense" KNOWS he deserved to die for something? Or, a black man robbed a store once in the next county so, it's cool to drag some other black guy every now and then behind a pick-up for Saturday night jollies because anyone with any "common sense" knows the guy deserves to be killed for SOMETHING he's done? Or, any woman with any "common sense" knows that eating lead clay during pregnancy is good for her baby, when, in fact, it damages babies' neurological development? Or, how "common sense" told every single person in Europe once that the Earth was flat? Or, "common sense" told people to burn girls at the stake because they could cipher, which, of course meant, as anyone with any "common sense" at the time knew, that those girls were in league with the devil? I'll take my facts, thank you.

Answer 2

that;s not the point patois. just because it was "common sense" that saddam had WMD's doesn't mean we should have invaded them. canadian intelligence reported that saddam had WMD but canada didn't invade nor supported the war in iraq since it didn't have the facts to back it up. facts and common sense are one in one - you need both to make rational decisions. yes, whenever you make a decision it should be based on factual evidence, but with a dash of common sense to even it out. it is a FACT that most people in the world don't die by jumping over the brooklyn bridge. so should you jump the bridge? NO. why - common sense. the only problem with facts and common sense is that both can be infallible.......it is very important to balance the two. and if i had to choose between facts and common sense, i would choose common sense. it keeps me from dashing in the street when cars are going 40 mph. even if it was a "fact" that no one dies from dashing in the street, common sense would tell you that it is a bad idea.

Answer 3

Fact - the bridge twisted by the flooding river has been permanently damaged and someone deduced and reduced the bridge from being able to hold 15 tons to 10 tons.
Common sense - only one truck should cross the bridge at a time!
Facts are lovely. Russell Johnson played "The Professor " on "Gilligan's Island". The San Francisco 49ers won the 1984 Super Bowl. I played the Mellophone in The University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band (Fight On!) But facts are no good when I am driving at 70 mph and have to choose between slamming on my brakes or dodging around the cow on the road.
I choose common sense over facts. Like the whole "If your friends jumped off a cliff, would you follow them?" Actually I would stand there and laugh at them being so stupid (UNLESS they were wearing parachutes for base jumping - I might consider joining them!)
But those who cheat will be cheated in the end. My neighborhood is full of thieves and cheaters, who steal and are stolen from in return. They live in constant misery. They self-medicate with drugs and alcohol to escape their misery and because of their continual bad choices end up dead from gang violence and choosing to hang out with cold-stone killers. It's true that what goes around comes around.
You can always tell the truth if they list you as their reference for a job application...
P.S. I can forgive O.J. for getting angry for catching his wife with another man in his own house. I just wish he had stood up and taken the responsibility for it.

Answer 4

The rule of law as an important part of the guidelines on which this country was founded, in an attempt to overcome arbitrary and malicious punishment. Evidence is important.

Now granted, I get annoyed when cases are dismissed on technicalities, despite overwhelming evidence of guilt. Those technicalities are as arbitrary as the problems rule of law was intended to overcome.

Answer 5

common sense is more important for me.

i believe that with common sense, you can derive facts.
but with facts and without common sense, you're stuck.

unfortunately in your case, even if you have the common sense to know the fact that they actually did "it", you will have no right to punish them because of lack of evidence, which is very important in that situation.

Answer 6

Common sense-thats because you need to have common sense throughout your life, but you dont need facts in order to survive.

Answer 7

Common Sense is WAY more important!
I know how you feel, most people in my school have more dollars than sense. (LOL! Get it? It's funny cause it's true!)

Answer 8

common sense is great but sometimes we need facts to substantiate the common sense. but i do agree with you~