Comfy/Discomfy
Sep. 11th, 2007 02:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pjthompsonRandom quote of the day:
"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."
—John F. Kennedy
"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."
—John F. Kennedy
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Date: 2007-09-11 10:47 pm (UTC)One of my pet peeves happens to be people who believe what they're told - or follow the current thinking - without ever questioning it. My sister-in-law blandly told me that she doesn't like to think about difficult topics like religion or politics. She admitted without a trace of regret that it's much easier not to question authority, not to think about things too deeply. And she's one of those people with an opinion she'll loudly try to impose on anyone within earshot - even though she's never bothered to think about it.
I can respect that she's entitled to her comfortable ignorance, but I could never be that docile. :)
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Date: 2007-09-12 10:15 pm (UTC)My Sister in Law firmly believes that man never went to the moon and that space ships aren't real but elaborate hoaxes by the government. In the same breath, she also believes crop circles are made by little green men from Mars. I never did get to the bottom of whether it was their spaceships making them or the Martians were dancing a jig in a circle.
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