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On Being Judgmental, Good vrs bad

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On Being Judgmental, Good vrs bad

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

from JoeUser Forums
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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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top

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.

That is what it comes down to.  It is the basis for our actions and decisions.  And it is not wrong.  It can be, but in and of itself, it is not.  Excellent articulation!

Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: shadesofgreyPosted: Thursday, February 16, 2006yep 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.


Hi shades, I said many not all ok?

I do not shut myself off from any race specifically or religion, just like with anything else I pick and choose.
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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: Texas WahinePosted: Thursday, February 16, 2006


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.


but the point is to SOME PEOPLE THAT IS A BAD WAY TO THINK. SOME, not all.
Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top
Excellent articulation


Sorry, the part you happen to quote I copied from the dictionary... and added "solid judgment" to the end, not meant to mislead.
Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top
Titan: Unless I'm mistaken, the article is not talking about judgment as in "I can draw sound conclusions/I have good judgment"...it's talking about judgment as in "discernment" or more specifically, the right we should all have to exercise and express discernment.

And in that way, big and small, important and inconsequential, moral and superficial, negative and positive...it's all judgment, or discernment.

Our discernment may be an indicator of our judgment (or our ability to draw sound conclusions, although that is fairly subjective), but I don't believe that type of judgment is referred to in the original article.

Excellent articulation!


Give credit to the dictionary.
Reply #31 from JoeUser Forums Top
Titan:
Sorry, the part you happen to quot,e I copied from the dictionary... and added "solid judgment" to the end, not ment to mislead.


We posted at the same time. Haha. I give you props for clarifying that.
Reply #32 from JoeUser Forums Top

Sorry, the part you happen to quot,e I copied from the dictionary... and added "solid judgment" to the end, not ment to mislead.

Where you get your source is not as important as what it says.  You quoted it, and it is true.  Your attribution is noted.

Reply #33 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: TitanI9Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2006


wow you impressed me with your knowledge and writings, I am not easy to impress BTW/
Reply #34 from JoeUser Forums Top
32 by Texas Wahine
Thursday, February 16, 2006


Titan: Unless I'm mistaken, the article is not talking about judgment as in "I can draw sound conclusions/I have good judgment"...it's talking about judgment as in "discernment" or more specifically, the right we should all have to exercise and express discernment.


you are not mistaken tex, the whole point is there is a section of society that thinks any judgement is bad.
Reply #35 from JoeUser Forums Top
wow you impressed me


Thanks Mod man... In spite of my mild dyslexia and ADD, I learned long ago, about writing while collaborating with two valued editors that helped me on two books for my industry. Writing is very satisfying, however taxing at times.
Reply #36 from JoeUser Forums Top
Titan:
Profiling

MM:
perfect ted, but to the far left doing your job in such a way is bad bad bad, very very bad.


Not really profiling. Take for instance, a group of 5 teenagers walk into the store. They are joking around and stay together even, even though they are each there to get something different. There are both boys and girls in the group.

Is there a reason to watch them close? The answer is found from just those three statements. It's not profiling, it is just knowing how people usually act, and questioning why some don't.
Reply #37 from JoeUser Forums Top
MM:
but the point is to SOME PEOPLE THAT IS A BAD WAY TO THINK. SOME, not all.


And of course, they're welcome to think it's bad, just as it is your right to be aware of your surroundings and take them into account when you consider your personal safety.

I agree with you. It's not PC, but c'mon...the terrorists have been radical Muslims who are Middle-Eastern in appearance. It's not like you'd spit in their faces or harm them without cause. You're just considering the risks and preparing to protect yourself in case your concern turns out to be warranted.

If blonde-headed 5 year olds flew commercial planes into buildings, we'd all be on the look out for blonde kindergarteners. Meh, I don't think it's bad or wrong to be cautious.
Reply #38 from JoeUser Forums Top
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.


This reminds me of a situation when I use to work as a retail clerk at a High -end leather& fur boutique.
One day this lady walks in the store wearing a beaten up sweater, jeans torn in the knees, her hair appeared to to be scorched from several bleach jobs, and she looked like she just woke up from an all night bender.

There were four of us working the floor that day. We would take turns on who would serve the next customer, so that our 11% commission on any sales would work out fairly. There was one of the girls ahead of me for the next customer that entered the store.
Wouldn't you know it, that she refused to serve the customer that just walked into the store, because of the way she was dressed and how she looked!

Right away, she judged the women's appearance and assumed the worst.
I went over and served the customer. She was looking for a full length fur coat.
She reached into her pocket and pulled out a roll of money ,and paid $11,000 for a fur coat.
I wish you could of seen the look on the clerks face! She looked sick.

That just goes to show how people judge others based on their apperance.
Regardless if she was dressed down that day, the woman obviously had money!
Don't you know I never got the commission for the sale, I ended up leaving the job because of it.
Reply #39 from JoeUser Forums Top
It's not profiling, it is just knowing how people usually act, and questioning why some don't.


Para,
Your associating with "Profilling" by speaking of behavior patterns and known psychology. There is more to Profiling then the common reference tied to race. The FBI was the first to acknowledge, package and train other agencies using mans psychology and known behavioral and at the core, you'll find probability "judgment".