tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313651.post4549341780475428933..comments2023-09-09T00:50:10.212+10:00Comments on freedom: It's a matter of trusthalwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232228131535337063noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313651.post-45342243376684822662006-12-16T02:43:00.000+11:002006-12-16T02:43:00.000+11:00jokerman: welcome!
I think it was Plato... (errr.....jokerman: welcome!<br />I think it was Plato... (errr.. or was it Shrek) who made a simmilar reference to the 'tearful' philosophical analogy to onion layers... an yes... i also think that all human relationships progress as we peel off the layers - sometimes tearfully.<br />i was also thinking about the "triping point" or the "critical mass" that is necessary for the ignition of a relationship. i have a number of friends who are weary of strangers messaging them and sending them friend-requests on Hi5, but they themselves admit that there are times when they send messages to strangers. <br />they know the risks involved and they are fully aware of the hipocracy behind it. that's why i felt that this sort of "trust" is not something that is 'earned' but something that is 'spent' - out of desire, need, or just curiosity...halwishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17232228131535337063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313651.post-53000706400074478772006-12-12T00:12:00.000+11:002006-12-12T00:12:00.000+11:00very interesting thoughts... i'm also rather skept...very interesting thoughts... i'm also rather skeptical about the internet being held responsible for the IMPROVEMENT of mutual trust. if anything, it' given people a whole new forest to play hide-and-seek in. <br /><br />perhaps the answer is that absolute trust is a practical impossibility. all of us deny things; not only to the minds that are nearest to ours, but to our own minds as well. and the amount we keep from ourselves and other people also varies, day by day, year by year.<br /><br />so all we can have is a layercake; an onion, where people just have to peel away one layer and feel comfortable that there's less that's hidden from view. and maybe what the internet's done is to add a whole new set of layers, that keep the peelers happy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com