Quote of the Day: "People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost." -- H. Jackson Browne
This is a rerun quote, because it is so appropriate.
After I posted yesterday's blog entry, I had some time to reflect on it and I realized that I'd missed making an important point. This bright light shined down on me and the words blinked on in bright pink neon (not really, but it sounds good, doesn't it?)
It doesn't matter!
I realized that it doesn't matter whether John Dvorak gets it or not. It doesn't matter if any of us gets it. It only matters to those who do. Could be the Cluetrain Manifesto. Could be Blogging. Could be something else.
For instance, there are thousands of people who love WWF wrestling. I don't. Frankly, I don't get it. I don't see the fascination with people pretending to beat each other up. But that's okay, because many others do. Why should I tell them to stop - unless they are hurting someone. (and in the case of wrestling, I guess that's debatable <g> - but that's JMO). Why should I belittle something they seem to enjoy, but something I don't understand.
I like hockey. So do all the other hockey fans. Non-hockey fans don't get it. They think it's all about the fights. Real hockey fans don't care about the fights. If they happen, they happen. If they don't, they don't. But the non-hockey fans don't get it. No problem. Go watch baseball or football or curling. There are plenty of sports to go around. It is not required that you like them all.
Some people believe in Buddha, others in Yahweh, still others in Jesus Christ or Allah. Does it matter? Your beliefs are your beliefs. Your likes are your likes. As long as they don't infringe on mine, why should I care? As long as your likes or beliefs please or comfort you, and don't harm others, why should anyone else care?
That's where the problems come in - when we try to tell others that the things they value, have no value. We are not being fair or wise, when we dismiss that which we do not understand as valueless. Why would anyone think they have the authority to do that? Is there some kind of commission out there that appoints people to decide what has value and what hasn't? Did I miss something?
Posted by Cyberkat at February 26, 2002 8:06 AM | TrackBack