tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post8679092014232159015..comments2024-01-02T10:09:58.744-08:00Comments on Preaching to the choir: Do these people know me at all?Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429147325673256508noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-76570700908209256862012-02-29T08:06:42.691-08:002012-02-29T08:06:42.691-08:00With a really good friend, I could not agree to di...With a really good friend, I could not agree to disagree if s/he expressed a desire for my client to be killed. Just couldn't and anyone who is a close friend of mine ought to respect that. So that friend would need to keep his or her mouth shut around me on that topic or he or she really would hear about it before the movie and after the movie, etc. <br /><br />So I guess we can agree to disagree as long as you never say anything. But if you do, don't expect me just to agree to disagree. <br /><br />Definitely in terms of a dating relationship, there's no way that would go anywhere if he was pro-death penalty and stayed that way.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429147325673256508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-66846438043020636152012-02-29T07:52:02.342-08:002012-02-29T07:52:02.342-08:00The question, really, is to what extend do you wan...The question, really, is to what extend do you want to allow a disagreement over capital punishment to determine your friendships? The phrase "Agree to Disagree" is often used to say "look, we're not going to agree on this and we're not going to convince each other either way so let's just not talk about it."<br /><br />The alternative is that your difference of opinion becomes a potentially regular part of your interactions with each other. You meet for coffee and the focus is on convincing her she's wrong about CP. You go out to a movie and afterwards try to convince her she's wrong on CP. Your families bump into each other for brunch and... you try to convince her she's wrong about CP.<br /><br />At some point either you<br />A) Accept that she's not changing her mind.<br />B) Create the potentially endless cycle of trying to convince she's wrong.<br />C) Terminate the friendship.<br /><br />I tend to find A the most palatable except when the disagreement is over something so henious that only C is acceptable.Rob Ostermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07226679027078689566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-72997590587778876502012-02-29T06:48:33.757-08:002012-02-29T06:48:33.757-08:00When the subject of such an opinion is your client...When the subject of such an opinion is your client, I would demand of you (as you demand of yourself) that you do exactly that.<br /><br />For myself, I can't let go of the idea that yes, some people do by virtue of their horrific actions deserve to die. I've become more comfortable with the idea that our justice system does not do a very good job of sorting out the worst of the worst from the "ordinary" criminals who deserve lesser forms of punishment, and I can also sign off on the idea that we aren't really better off as a society for having the death penalty in any way I can objectively point to.<br /><br />In other words, in theory, I'm not willing to let it go. In practice, it stinks.Burt Likkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060980744675990412noreply@blogger.com