From: Jasper
Date: 1/17/01
Time: 9:01:23 AM
Charlotte,
Greta was so fair that I'm surprised she went anywhere. On the other hand, you need a few exceptions to the rule to make the rule appear to be reasonable. If you say, for example, that all all Arabs are evil what do you do about the Arabic guy who is a model of kindness? But if you say Canadians "in general" are evil. Admitting or even embracing an occassional exception to the rule will make the rule appear to be more reasonable than it is. Even Hitler believed that some Jews were O.K. It was just Jews in general who had to go. By extension, one purpose that honest people like Greta searve in a corrupt system is to make the system itself appear to be honest. You don't need a big tilt to make a big difference between an honest search for the truth and a deliberate attempt to impose a particular view. In fact, the more subtle the tilt the more effective it will be because fewer people will see it, and many of them will not think it matters that much. --Jasper