Black and White, or Shades of Gray ?

[SlowwHand]

In the past I've been told that I see things too much in a Black and White perspective; that many gray areas exist.

Not surprising, I suppose, I disagree.

IMO, the only reason for gray's existence is that the point in question hasn't been clearly defined, and laziness in that regard exists.
Either the one posing the question should define the question more completely all on their own, or the person responding should ask questions that get to the details.
I think if one breaks down a subject to the core, an opinion is always available.

One reason I ask, I see the effect of gray here quite often.


What do you think?
No flames from me on this, I promise.
Really.
I swear.

[tinyp3nis]

Allways gray.

Edit: OOPS! not allways of course

[Japher]

I agree Sloww.

The only time grey's exist are when the situation hasn't been adequatly defined. Everything should be black or white. However, that is not always the case, but in those cases more inquiry should be made to turn them black or white...

All it means by saying that you only see things in black or white is that you have actually bothered to make an informed opinion.

[SlowwHand]

Damn, Japher. I like the hell out of you.

[Jon Miller]

I agree everything is always white or black

however, I think that it is hard to see whether it is white or black sometimes (and people should be aware of that)

Jon Miller

[Pekka]

To some extent I agree. Excuse my english, hard to explain my opinion on this one.

Depends what we're talking about. If you base your opinion on facts that are undisputed, then yes, it is black and white.

We can expect and assume, that facts are not in conflict. Or if they are, then some facts are not exactly facts, and then there must be more researching of the facts to determine what's really the case.

And, when it comes to a thing where facts are not much, or that the facts can go either way depending how an individual interpretes it.. it could be argued there are grey areas. But then again, to the individual who is observing the situation.. he/she must do the thinking and decide what to think of it, hopefully based on facts and less on emotion and feelings. So, to everyone there should be a side, black and white. If grey areas exists, then the individual has not chosen his/her side on the issue and should do more research about the situation if it is important.

Damn it. I can't explain it. Well this matter should be on individual level, not in general IMO. In general, there are feelings and emotions, which sometimes blurs the undisputed facts and affects how people decide.

It's problematic though, because feelings and emotions often are based on memories, and are those memories facts? Not necessarily.

Perhaps everything is black and white, and everyting else someone calls the grey area is just a matter of taste and that's it. Or lack of facts.

[Pekka]

But as of now, I'm still undecided

[Az]

I don't care, really.

[Japher]

Damn, Japher. I like the hell out of you.

I like me too

[Q Classic]

black or white, i'd have to say, only where there is the presence of enough factual infomation to make an informed decision.

shades of grey occur everywhere else, primarily because we a) live in an amoral world and are trying to impose morality in this world, and b) frequently do not have enough information to make an informed decision.

thus, while it in civil society, killing someone for personal gain is a black-or-white manner (it's wrong), in the absence of society, personal gain might involve self-preservation, thus killing would be good.

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(1) Disgusting
(2) Badly photoshopped
(3) You failed to type it right.

EDIT: He fixed it, but I'll still stick with 3.

[GePap]

Shades of grey: you can;t really tell well the difference betweent he darkest grey and pure black, nor with the lighetst shade of grey and pure white. Most things can NOT be firmly defined.

[C0ckney]

sometimes black and white, sometimes not

[General Ludd]

Gray. It is good to be reasonable, look at things with an open mind, and be willing to compromise.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Everything is in shades of grey. Nothing is totally black or white.