How argumentative ARE we? and is being argumentative really productive?
When i read through the first chapter of 'The Argumentative Indian' I discovered certain elements which are indeed an inherent aspect of me...because i'm an Indian!(?)
Apropensity to argue and seek answers is one of my passions. To seek, to question and change is really what makes arguments valuable everywhere.But do arguments really make an impact, a long lasting change? or is it more like the whimsical breeze that rustles up dead leaves only to let them fall again?
Indeed the argumentative idiosyncracies of the Indian folk, if utilized in blowing away the dogmatic doctrines and clearing the way for sunlight, into the deep stretches of untouched and marshy land is truly worthwhile.
This marshy land perhaps being the unused, rotting intellect of the millions who do not have the opportunity to rise like strong equatorial trees - not the roots nor means and thus suffer oblivion and darkness.
How do arguments help these darker reaches of the world?
2 comments:
hi wise cracker! im david, usa/singapore
cheers
"...or is it more like the whimsical breeze that rustles up dead leaves only to let them fall again?..."
mmm, I like that!
How about conversing instead of arguing :)
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