I had an interesting conversation today... Remember what I said the other day about hostile work environment? Well, today it happened again! Someone commented on what I said on Facebook about coerced abortion and voluntary abortion both being abhorrent, apparently this person interpreted my comment as coerced abortion being the same as voluntary abortion (I responded on Facebook that I totally didn't mean it that way). Well, just as my coworker said that, immediately, without provocation or explanation another coworker went off that I was just a horrible person and that was a horrible thing to say. That's the kind of thing I was talking about the other day.
Anyways, after dealing with that, I was talking with a coworker about blogging and I kind of said that all this trouble wasn't worth dealing with deep philosophical questions if it was bringing about such contention. My coworker's response was interesting, he said something to the effect of, these are the questions that matter most. He likened it to treating injuries, you don't treat the broken nail if a person has a chest wound. To some extent I agree, it's important to think about the important questions, like where do we come from, is there a God, or how to live a moral life. All these important philosophical questions make other topics seem insignificant sometimes. Even so, I think I'm going to start moving back to topics that are less controversial. Not to try to avoid controversy per se but rather to get back to topics I find interesting and fun that don't get people up in arms (as much).
Anyways, after dealing with that, I was talking with a coworker about blogging and I kind of said that all this trouble wasn't worth dealing with deep philosophical questions if it was bringing about such contention. My coworker's response was interesting, he said something to the effect of, these are the questions that matter most. He likened it to treating injuries, you don't treat the broken nail if a person has a chest wound. To some extent I agree, it's important to think about the important questions, like where do we come from, is there a God, or how to live a moral life. All these important philosophical questions make other topics seem insignificant sometimes. Even so, I think I'm going to start moving back to topics that are less controversial. Not to try to avoid controversy per se but rather to get back to topics I find interesting and fun that don't get people up in arms (as much).
