"truth"...does it divide our coutnry??

RW81233

i like that one

Cosmo

You are driving a car along some green hillsides out in the country. You pass a hill and see 10 sheep, grazing on the hill... 3 of the 10 sheep are black.
Some people may conclude that 30% of sheep are black.
Others might say that this random sampling of sheep, 3 of 10 are black.
Still, others will be more specific and conclude that 3 of the 10 sheep on this hillside are black.
The truth of the matter is that of the 10 sheep on the hillside, 3 of them are black... on the side that is visible to us.
...
In order to find the truth... you would have to get out and verify the facts... using different perspectives as a basis of your methodology.

brianlux

Cosmo wrote:

You are driving a car along some green hillsides out in the country. You pass a hill and see 10 sheep, grazing on the hill... 3 of the 10 sheep are black.
Some people may conclude that 30% of sheep are black.
Others might say that this random sampling of sheep, 3 of 10 are black.
Still, others will be more specific and conclude that 3 of the 10 sheep on this hillside are black.
The truth of the matter is that of the 10 sheep on the hillside, 3 of them are black... on the side that is visible to us.
...
In order to find the truth... you would have to get out and verify the facts... using different perspectives as a basis of your methodology.

This reminds me of a film I saw several years ago in a sociology class. The film showed the exact same accident (which I believe was staged) from the perspective of three different film crews and editors. The three vantage points made the incident look like three different accidents.

Which also reminds me of the famous Akutagawa story, "In a Grove", which tells the story of the killing of a Samurai from the conflicting testimony of various witnesses. (This story is found in Akutagawa's book Rashomon which Jim Jarmusch used interestingly enough in his excellent film "Ghost Dog".)

Idris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8GikmwH ... ata_player

Ballot or the bullet, a bloodless revolution.. :ugeek:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlx3v8RR ... ata_player

Malcolm X Oxford Union debate,

Brilliant stuff,
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bennett13

"What Is Truth"
by Johnny Cash

The old man turned off the radio
Said, "Where did all of the old songs go
Kids sure play funny music these days
They play it in the strangest ways"
Said, "it looks to me like they've all gone wild
It was peaceful back when I was a child"
Well, man, could it be that the girls and boys
Are trying to be heard above your noise?
And the lonely voice of youth cries "What is truth?"

A little boy of three sittin' on the floor
Looks up and says, "Daddy, what is war?"
"son, that's when people fight and die"
The little boy of three says "Daddy, why?"
A young man of seventeen in Sunday school
Being taught the golden rule
And by the time another year has gone around
It may be his turn to lay his life down
Can you blame the voice of youth for asking
"What is truth?"

A young man sittin' on the witness stand
The man with the book says "Raise your hand"
"Repeat after me, I solemnly swear"
The man looked down at his long hair
And although the young man solemnly swore
Nobody seems to hear anymore
And it didn't really matter if the truth was there
It was the cut of his clothes and the length of his hair
And the lonely voice of youth cries
"What is truth?"

The young girl dancing to the latest beat
Has found new ways to move her feet
The young man speaking in the city square
Is trying to tell somebody that he cares
Yeah, the ones that you're calling wild
Are going to be the leaders in a little while
This old world's wakin' to a new born day
And I solemnly swear that it'll be their way
You better help the voice of youth find
"What is truth/"