On Being Judgmental, Good vrs bad

How did this become an anathema? To think for yourself?

According to a recent article by William Buckley Jr.,liberals have now criminalized ”judgment” to a place usually reserved for the words racist, bigot and rapist and serial killers.

Is this really as serious as Mr. Buckley thinks?

Today by using the smallest amount of judgment you risk to be denounced as “judgmental”.

In today’s politically correct world is has become a crime to make judgments of others.

It has become fashionable to proclaim someone as judgmental and a trait not to be desired.

Maybe this accounts why we are not allowed to mention that over half the men on the F>B>I> most wanted list are named Muhammad or Ahmed, or both in some cases. Or why we cannot accept the fact that terrorist for the most part are dark skinned men between the ages of 12 and 50 and use that information to profile.

This brings to mind Ghazi Qusaibi, the Saudi ambassador to England, who proclaims if he was not so old he would love being a martyr for the cause, could it be that a bomb vest is to heavy for him, to use> or is he just saving his worthless skin?

How about the United Nations? The oil for food comes to mind. General Tommy Franks called this program oil for palaces BTW.

Should we not judge that over one billion dollars are stashed away by members of the U.N. from graft.

How do we now decide hate crimes? How about the black man that stormed into a New York City bar screaming “white people will burn tonight” while shooting several patrons? The New York commissioner claims it was just a bizarre incident. Not racially motivated at all.

Then there is the university of California at riverside that after granting an artist to paint a mural of the pilgrims, has to label them as invaders? Also made the artist include a same sex couple in his rendition. More examples of poor judgement. Sound judgement would not have permitted this.

The safest city in America to shout anti-Semitic slogans in San francisco, the sewer by the bay, where Jewish students had to be rescued by the police. No arrests were made either.

I could go on and on about the antics of Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy and the entire country of France, but that would be judging wouldn’t it?

As we browse through the evident bias of the New York Times, The Washington Post, Time magazine and Newsweek we find they would never judge anyone, except the ones they disagree with.

We must realize that we are in danger of having our children become uninformed and incapable of making sound judgments .We are in extreme danger of losing our identities as people with brains capable of making good judgment calls.

The simple use of sound judgement is totally lost on the far left today. Naming the color of a criminal, while giving a description calls for you to use your brain and give an exact rendition, yet even this gets decried as racist.

The use of school rooms for prayers for Muslim children while denying the same courtesy to Christian children is an example of poor judgement, yet totally accepted by the liberal left.

It's time for people to think things through make a judgement call and stand proud with your decision.

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I make judgments every single day....some are good and some well, lets just say they aren't winning any "goodness" of the year awards.

Life is about decisions. To make a decision for something you are in many ways making a decision against everything else.

If I choose chocolate ice cream at baskin Robbins I am deciding against all the other flavors at that moment.

I make choices based on judgment. Chocolate tastes better on my tongue, therefore chocolate will be consumed. I'm judging its flavor against other flavors....

I know judgment is a "bad" word in this country at present....and that is stupid. We don't want our law system to judge criminals? We aren't personally allowed to judge someone's behavior as right or wrong?

Everyone of us do it every single day....but only when you disagree with someone is it considered a bad thing to be called.

That's goofy.
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#2 by Tova7
Thursday, February 16, 2006


make judgments every single day....some are good and some well, lets just say they aren't winning any "goodness" of the year awards.

Life is about decisions. To make a decision for something you are in many ways making a decision against everything else.

If I choose chocolate ice cream at baskin Robbins I am deciding against all the other flavors at that moment.

I make choices based on judgment. Chocolate tastes better on my tongue, therefore chocolate will be consumed. I'm judging its flavor against other flavors....

I know judgment is a "bad" word in this country at present....and that is stupid. We don't want our law system to judge criminals? We aren't personally allowed to judge someone's behavior as right or wrong?

Everyone of us do it every single day....but only when you disagree with someone is it considered a bad thing to be called.

That's goofy.


concise explaination!

have a cookie on me, chocolate of course.
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Reply By: little_whipPosted: Thursday, February 16, 2006Of course judgement is bad! It's the root of all prejudice! You shouldnt PRE JUDGE anything ModMan! Black is Beautiful! Islam is a religion of Peace! The check's in the mail! I won't cum in your mouth!Uhmm, oops. Never mind!


I promise to only stick the head in a little. Honest your first anal sex will not hurt, I will be gentle. If you get pregnant I will take care of the baby. Really I never have sex on the first date.
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Reply By: you no nothing(Anonymous User)Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2006This thread is just a bunch of bullshit


btw it's spelled "you Know nothing" putz, if yer gonna crap at least spell things right.
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It's time for people to think things through make a judgement call and stand proud with your decision.

My wife, son, employees and clients regularly hear from me about the value of this socially rejected nasty word . By using the dirty word "judgment" as often as possible, life isn't nearly as harsh as it could otherwise be. To support that, just take a hard look around at all the lives you're familiar with. Ask yourself, if that dirty word had been applied here or there early on, how might the outcome been different. Bad and difficult part of judgment is it is part of forethought, which isn't common considering people by nature react to life as it comes at them, verses attempting to control what comes at them.

This morning my son and I were talking about an article in the paper where a 15 yr old used no judgment and now is facing a life in prison. He asked me how that boys judgment could have been different aside from simply not taking the action that put him in the situation.

I said prior judgment can present the upside and downside to his action and behavior. He then abruptly stomped his foot hard on the floor thinking he was demonstrating an action and spoke of resulting shock / vibration as being the down side. I told him that he wasn't nearly considering the down stream possibilities of his act. By stamping his foot hard on our tile floor, the resulting vibrations could actually send tremors to his undeveloped knee structure possibly weakening his knee in some manner without him knowing it. Later, this morning while riding his bike to school, that action could be the reason for his knee giving way while attempting to jump a curb with a car traveling just behind him, forcing him to crash in front that car leading to a greater accident. Then I asked him to ponder further scenarios to see how far that one action at home this morning might travel, to say the least, as he let his mind consider the possibilities, he was amazed.

Having a good life, is the result of judgment on many levels!

Everyone of us do it every single day....but only when you disagree with someone is it considered a bad thing to be called.

Very well said....


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WOW!  This is outstanding.  You get a cookie.  I wish I had more to add, but you covered it so well.
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According to a recent article by William Buckley Jr.,liberals have now criminalized ”judgment” to a place usually reserved for the words racist, bigot and rapist and serial killers.

Isn't he being judgmental by saying all liberals think like that?
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Judgment doesn't affect anyone but ourselves. It's just mental inventory.

How we act on that judgment is what matters. Judgment guides our choices, and it's something...good or bad...that should never be stifled. Our thoughts and our moral values should never be restricted. Without the right to pass judgment on our own actions and the actions of others and to make choices based on those judgments, we are not FREE.

We're Americans, and we can be judgmental assholes if we want to!
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Reply By: TitanI9Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2006


Having a good life, is the result of judgment on many levels!Everyone of us do it every single day....but only when you disagree with someone is it considered a bad thing to be called.Very well said....


great response, I moderateman Judge this to be excellent. heh
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Reply By: Dr. GuyPosted: Thursday, February 16, 2006WOW! This is outstanding. You get a cookie. I wish I had more to add, but you covered it so well.


thanx doc did alot of work on this one. research too.
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Reply By: BenUserPosted: Thursday, February 16, 2006According to a recent article by William Buckley Jr.,liberals have now criminalized ”judgment” to a place usually reserved for the words racist, bigot and rapist and serial killers.Isn't he being judgmental by saying all liberals think like that?


no where did Buckley say "ALL" liberals ben.
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When I was trained for work in Crowd Control and Stop Loss Security, rule #1 was "Look for what isn't normal". In other words, "look at everyone and judge their actions, how they're dressed, how they move, how they talk, how they react to what's going on around them". I can't think of any word for that better than "be judgemental".

The fact is, most of us act in a certain way that becomes second nature to us. We look at others with the same expectation, and it's the ones that don't act according to that expectation that stand out... which means those who don't stand out are acting (gasp)"normal".
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Judgment doesn't affect anyone but ourselves. It's just mental inventory.


On the contrary, my judgment of employee's or candidates affects them in the end. As does judgment of my wife and son's actions or behavior. When push comes to shove, making judgment calls is meant for me yet can affect a great many surrounding me, even some I might not know.

Which is why I tell my son all the time, there are two things in life that can change everything for him, one is judgment and the other is trust. If my judgment moves me to trust the wrong person, the consequences could affect a great deal more people, even some I don't know.

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"look at everyone and judge their actions, how they're dressed, how they move, how they talk, how they react to what's going on around them". I can't think of any word for that better than "be judgemental".


Profiling....
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On the contrary, my judgment of employee's or candidates affects them in the end.


No, your ACTIONS, which are based on your MENTAL, PRIVATE judgments affect others.

I make judgments about my surroundings, my choices, my appearance, and the appearance and actions of others constantly. I don't act on most of those judgments.

I may think that the girl checking out my groceries at the grocery store is slovenly and slow. I've made a judgment about her. If I don't act on that, it only affects me. It stays in my thoughts.

If I decide that since she's slovenly and slow I'm going to verbally berate her to get her moving, then my judgment affects her (as well as the patrons around me).

There is a difference. Thoughts should never be a crime or something that anyone wishes to stifle in others. Actions are a different matter entirely.
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No, your ACTIONS, which are based on your MENTAL, PRIVATE judgments affect others.

And actions are based upon judgements.  They do not spring from nothing.

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16 by ParaTed2k
Thursday, February 16, 2006


When I was trained for work in Crowd Control and Stop Loss Security, rule #1 was "Look for what isn't normal". In other words, "look at everyone and judge their actions, how they're dressed, how they move, how they talk, how they react to what's going on around them". I can't think of any word for that better than "be judgemental".


perfect ted, but to the far left doing your job in such a way is bad bad bad, very very bad.
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#19 by Texas Wahine
Thursday, February 16, 2006


There is a difference. Thoughts should never be a crime or something that anyone wishes to stifle in others. Actions are a different matter entirely.


texs, sweety, when I fly somewhere I am looking for a specific looking person and ready to move if I have to, yep it's a form of profiling thast I find safe and sane, but to MANY liberals I am the one committing a almost crime.. how dare I profile someone.
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yep it's a form of profiling thast I find safe and sane, but to MANY liberals I am the one committing a almost crime.. how dare I profile someone.


I don't think you are committing a crime, I just think it's sad. It's sad that you have shut yourself off to many great and wonderful people out of a fear of a few. It's human nature to judge--not necessarily right or wrong, it just is. But I think that sometimes our judgements shut us off from remarkable and amazing experiences.
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Dr.Guy:
And actions are based upon judgements. They do not spring from nothing.


Yes, they are. However, thoughts are not a crime. Actions can be. Where do actions come from? Does the body move without thinking? No.

We make judgments, and those judgments guide our choices, but those judgments are innocent, harmless thoughts until we act on them.

texs, sweety, when I fly somewhere I am looking for a specific looking person and ready to move if I have to, yep it's a form of profiling thast I find safe and sane, but to MANY liberals I am the one committing a almost crime.. how dare I profile someone.


Don't we all do that, though? On a flight last year I noticed two young Middle Eastern-looking men boarding together. It made me anxious. Since I had small children with me, the stewardesses allowed me to choose our seats. I picked a seat right across from two young, fit looking men. Turns out one was a Marine.

Why did I do that? Because I wanted to be cautious and protect my babies in case what I perceived as a possible threat turned out to really be one.

I didn't confront the men. I didn't harm them or give them dirty looks. I made a judgment that may not have been fair or right, but since I kept my judgment to myself, I did nothing wrong.

That's human, and I can't imagine it ever being considered wrong or criminal to choose to be aware of perceived threats, even if the reality is that the threat does not exist.

Judgments aren't a problem. It's what we DO that matters.
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We make judgments, and those judgments guide our choices, but those judgments are innocent, harmless thoughts until we act on them.

You are getting good!  Very good.  yes, it is the actions based upon judgements.  Still, I guess in a criminal trial, it is the motive vs the crime scenario.

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No, your ACTIONS, which are based on your MENTAL, PRIVATE judgments affect others.


You're talking about free thoughts and adjectives, not the noun, Judgement, Your hair is pretty or ugly, I don't like your dress or shoes, I don't like that guys breath, all resulting from impulsive private thoughts, no action. Judgment however, is reflected when I factor in the results from different sources of input, upside and downside, followed by what I know to be right from wrong, good from bad, common sense, experience and other associated research facts if appropriate, there by allowing me to maybe a judgment.

From research my B&M speakers lend their technology to reproducing Jazz and Classical tones.
My Titan bike frame is designed for road racing and road climbing, not sprinting.... judgment.
Most Muslims are not terrorists, and the Koran isn't that much different then the bible.

I didn't like how that candidate conducted himself during the interview.... conclusive judgement based on a direct range information supplied by the real person, not impulsive free thought leading to snap judgment.

If people make judgmental decisions with out using a broad range of input factors to insure their judgement is sound, their judgment is lousy, unfounded, impulsive; akin to free thought, or can be referred to as snap judgment.

In many cases, I will use my years of measuring people to make judgments which tells me not to bother trying to get along with some people because they're pre-disposed with superficial, lousy and unfounded snap judgments.

A new client phoned me yesterday as a referral. After asking many questions and listening to her closely, my judgment told me she wasn't the one I need to talk with. In the second conversation this am, one pointed question ferreted out "she wasn't the right person". She was flexing the situation to feel good, as a contributor to the process, trying to impress her boss the SRVP.

The capacity to form an opinion by distinguishing and evaluating: His judgment of fine music is impeccable.
The capacity to assess situations or circumstances and draw sound conclusions; good sense, solid judgment.