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15202, Not that easy.
Posted by alek, Tue May-15-01 08:56 AM
>I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!!!

You didn't know my deep, dark, privededged secret?

>"On the Activist board, I always
>privately thought it was hilarious
>that utamaroho and Solarus (black
>men), would rant for pages
>about the White European Imperialist
>agenda, then would tell me
>that I (a white man)
>had no right to question
>their black African agenda."

>Noone said you did not have
>the RIGHT to question the
>"black African agenda." I
>have just said you (right
>now)do not have the ABILITY
>to question it

No no no. Let's dig into this.

Because MY premise is (and always has been) that anyone who cares has the right to question, and that THE ONLY REQUISITE for questioning is that one cares.

In other words, I care about where humanity is headed, so I approach, address, question, interpret, any and all methods of directing it -- including my own.

Now, when it becomes an issue of knowledge on a topic, people with more knowledge can offer instruction to those with less (witness my growing understanding of, say, nation-building). But having an opinion does not require having knowledge.

So you can't deny the "ability" of someone to question. You can claim that their lack of knowledge makes their opinion seem uninformed to you, but they're certainly still "able" and ENTITLED to question.

(hurray for liberal arts education...)

Alek
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