I don't think your discipline is worse than mine. that doesn't mean i think it's good. i think they're probably both shitty in a lot of ways, but that doesn't mean they have nothing to offer, either. if i believed in disciplines, i'd believe in making a career out of academia, and i think that's contrary to the goals of enlightenment.
so what if we haven't agreed on things lately? good, at least we're talking about them. i hate that no one nowadays seems to want to even discuss hard issues, to risk changing their mind! or maybe it's people of all times, i don't know. not the point.
Of course i still respect you. i admit, when i argue about these things, it gets tough, and personal. jason's made me cry with things he's said about the worthlessness of anthropology. so what? i think it's important, when thinking about what you're going to do with the rest of your life, to consider what it is about it that you love, why you want to do it, what it, and you, could possibly have to contribute to society. and in a lot of ways, what you want to do is much more obviously beneficial. maybe that's why i've thought about what i'm doing so much, and hold such strong beliefs--I don't know.
And you know, I could just as easily say, "If you don't agree with me on anything, and you're so stubborn about your own beliefs, I wonder what is really the point," to you, but I don't, because I still care about you and respect what you have to say.
I find things to disagree on because I think it's interesting, because I think it's what's worth discussing. I'm sorry it offends you. That really wasn't my intention.
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Date: 2008-10-26 03:58 am (UTC)so what if we haven't agreed on things lately? good, at least we're talking about them. i hate that no one nowadays seems to want to even discuss hard issues, to risk changing their mind! or maybe it's people of all times, i don't know. not the point.
Of course i still respect you. i admit, when i argue about these things, it gets tough, and personal. jason's made me cry with things he's said about the worthlessness of anthropology. so what? i think it's important, when thinking about what you're going to do with the rest of your life, to consider what it is about it that you love, why you want to do it, what it, and you, could possibly have to contribute to society. and in a lot of ways, what you want to do is much more obviously beneficial. maybe that's why i've thought about what i'm doing so much, and hold such strong beliefs--I don't know.
And you know, I could just as easily say, "If you don't agree with me on anything, and you're so stubborn about your own beliefs, I wonder what is really the point," to you, but I don't, because I still care about you and respect what you have to say.
I find things to disagree on because I think it's interesting, because I think it's what's worth discussing. I'm sorry it offends you. That really wasn't my intention.