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icon5.gif Loyalty ....  [message #19762] Wed, 11 February 2004 05:46 Go to next message
kevin is currently offline  kevin

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I wanted to ask you all to evaluate this quote by Hanna Arendt:


"Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise."

Just curious what you all think about it.

Kevin



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Re: Loyalty ....  [message #19763 is a reply to message #19762] Wed, 11 February 2004 08:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
timmy

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linguistic gymnastics



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Re: Loyalty ....  [message #19767 is a reply to message #19762] Wed, 11 February 2004 10:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
marc is currently offline  marc

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Gymnastics is about right....

Unless we are talking of a dog....

That is of course, providing no one brings a larger steak into the equation.



Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
icon7.gif Re: Loyalty ....  [message #19769 is a reply to message #19762] Wed, 11 February 2004 13:27 Go to previous message
kevin is currently offline  kevin

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To me she was talking about loyalty at the sacrifice of independant thought. Something that I think can be a problem in some areas of society.

Linguistic gymnastics?

That may be going a bit far. Very Happy

But hey, who am I to judge.Mad

Thanks guys,

Kevin



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