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March 18, 2002
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Had some folks over for dinner yesterday. We talked about writing and we talked about kids and we talked about politics.
Mmmm. Politics.
I haven't had my ass whupped so much in a conversation about politics in a long time. It's not that my sparring partner set out to destroy me (nor did he), it was rather that he demanded intellectual honesty. Something that has been missing from a lot of political conversations I've been having lately. This has led, in turn, to atrophy in certain essential critical thinking skills.
In other words, I've *been* having conversations about politics, but I've been able to get by with surface observations and bumpersticker rebuttals. I had a conversation last night with someone who had actually thought a little bit more about the issues than your average bear (so to speak... his last name is Bear) and, in order to keep up, I had to dig a bit deeper than I've had to in a while.
And, we weren't even really covering the Big Issues.
I'm out of shape, intellectually. I need to resume sparring again. Need to sharpen my wit and keep it honed. Need to surround myself with people whose brains are not in idle. I had a good time last night. Need to do that more often.
Posted by on March 18, 2002 02:53 AM in the following Department(s): Tidbits
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A friend pointed out to me that this entry sounds, at the end, like I've been surrounding myself with people who's brians are in idle. I didn't mean to imply that at all.
Rather, I haven't been spending *enough* time with my friends. That's the problem. See?
:-)
Posted by: Allan on March 22, 2002 7:31 AM|
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