The unexamined life is not worth living.  Socrates I understand.  It's hard to see the flaws in yourself.  It's hard to have someone else point them out to you.  I get it.  It's hard to realize that you aren't all that and a bag of chips and maybe, just maybe, you aren't as superior to others as you secretly think.  (After all, you would never actually say that you think that out loud!)  It's hard to hear someone point out something that you do or say and realize they are right and you kinda suck at the moment.  It's hard to recognize that maybe you don't really see yourself in true light and others can.  In the past couple of months I've run across some people who don't want to examine themselves.  They would rather live in their self-deception of who they are than to take what someone shares with them and do some introspection.  I feel badly for them, once I get over being totally pissed off at them that is.  Soc...

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.  Socrates Have you ever listened to yourself when you've lost the debate/argument/fight?  What do you resort to when you've lost and you realize it?  Have you ever noticed that it generally is slander of some sort?  I'm ashamed, or perhaps human enough, to admit that I can see that in myself.  Slander comes in a lot of forms. It's not always overt or obvious.  Sometimes it is subtle and it doesn't always use words.  Sometimes it comes through actions.  Why do we do that?  Why do we feel the need to slander those that have perhaps made better points than us or have actually proved us incorrect/inaccurate?  Are we so insecure that we lower ourselves to slander when we can't debate well?  It's a lack of character that leads us to behave in this way. When I notice it in myself, whether others notice it or not, I am quick to put the brakes on and change the direction I'm...