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[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

Well, the time has come for a self-administered beating.

http://community.livejournal.com/talk_politics/620572.html

Was bad enough. But then I followed it up with this:

http://community.livejournal.com/talk_politics/624814.html

Now, thanks to this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8295466/WikiLeaks-cables-show-Government-was-playing-false-over-Lockerbie-bomber.html

I have to admit I've got a lot of egg on my face. I'm going to ask htpcl 's possum to lick it off me. Have any of the rest of the folk on here got things that upon reflection, or with subsequent information, wished they hadn't written; or positions they wish they hadn't backed?

Comments

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

Please expand - what's your point?

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

Sorry, will do.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

True.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

That's all of us. I was thinking more of individual examples of impaired judgement, like the above.

I'm often as wryly amused by my own mistakes as I am by other people's. But this is all about sharing. You may rightly think that these things can lead to too much information, so I shall defer to your generalisation.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

No, still not there.

Not actually about personal excepting in the sense of political.

Embarrassing love affairs we can all do. Mistaking one person for another, maybe. Standing up and defending the indefensible, or advocating something that subsequently turns out to be....um....wrong in essence, even if not in strict legalistic interpretation.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

But you have to expect me to banter back....

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

I'm not up for election.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

I have a real life that people envy: this is my distraction.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

Retired musician (played with folk of whom you will have heard); not yet (but almost) 50; small independent income; clever, beautiful (and pregnant) wife; enough money to send the little blighter(s) to Winchester, should it (and/or any subsequent ones) be a he; reasonable health (fingers crossed); very well connected socially; about to move to a bigger house. Not much, but some work in the back catalogue of which I'm not ashamed.

Of course it could all end tomorrow, but I rather hope it doesn't. Being an idle socialite rather suits me.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_College

Idle is as idle does. :)

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

We defend our points based on the information that we got, and when sifted through the prism of our perceptions and convictions. That's not wrong.

The question is how prepared we are to accept the possibility that there could be other facts out there that could possibly shed more light on the matter we're discussing, and if we're someone who's ready to make amendments in our position when faced with those facts. Or instead, are we perhaps someone who'd rather just cement their position further out of sheer stubbornness.

The very fact that you've put this issue for discussion shows which of the two you are.

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

THIS (http://www.alistairpott.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/science_vs_faith.png).

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

Can't deny what is the case, old thing. One does not suppress a fact to promote a thesis.

[notmrgarrison.livejournal.com]

And would say a lot, if not most, people do exactly that.

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

You promised not to tell the press before we've secured the copyright for our story! You said we could make a lot of money if we sell the movie script, didn't you? Damn! Now we're in for a rip-off.

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

Love doesn't feed the kids. (Unless you're a pimp). THINK OF THE CHILDREN and get to work, yo gangzta!

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

If we're to regret having held positions and views in the past then we'd probably quit having an opinion at some point. So I prefer to rather be prepared to do mistakes in my judgment if that's the price to pay for searching and learning new things all the time, and getting my only two brain cells ticking in the process. So I don't regret being constantly wrong. What I'm scared of is to not become intellectually lazy and start taking things for granted without putting them to the test of my own skepticism.

And my possum loves egg!

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

Yeah but don't tell me now that you didn't smirk secretly to yourself when you saw yourself proven right in this story! :)

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

I didn't. My possum did. And not secretly.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

A ridiculous character (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH7JVxMcY9s) from a popular TV show (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavi%27s_Show) here. Symbolizes the typical village idiot.

Caption says: "Hey, where's my bro?"

Most of these icons are with TV comedic characters.

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

Me loves possums.

[anadinboy.livejournal.com]

ive never been wrong because i watch the right films. Soylent Green, Zardoz, south park etc

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

Plenty of times. I've been wrong and I've sometimes said the wrong thing or ignorant things (not always the same thing but often the two are).

[ygrii-blop.livejournal.com]

I'm not afraid to make a fool of myself... as some of you may have noticed.