black+white=grayOriginally Posted by Alex_Ivanov
i don't think it's necessarily a western thing
-nor a western problem--no one wants to admit a shortcoming --or admit stubbornness
it's perception of an individual, shaped by culture, etc... not only "western"
but, using if-then:
IF black+white=gray
THEN grey-black=white
and THEN grey-white=black
it may appear gray, but it's still "black" and "white".
if stalin's rule was good,then it was not evil
and IF stalin's rule was evil, THEN it was not good. When you mix up good and evil, and say stalin can be both, you get...gray.
no consistency
Actually, to me, it seems MUCH easier to analyze the obvious..the black and the white...before diving into the gray, and sorting it out there. and, so, thank you for bringin that up, alex, that it is now impossible to thoroughly analyze such things as stalin's rule. but i don't think that's going to be solved by seeing things as neutral or "gray". that's being purposely blind to the truth of good and bad. our own perspectives are so limited. we all have our prejudices. pretending we know what we don't. and carrying on about what little we do (or think we do?) pointlessness, seemingly
thankfully, most are capable of seeing in color (even those of us in the west )