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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

各打五十大板

在争辩当中,有一种总结我很讨厌,就是无论是非黑白,一概两边各打五十大板,仿佛世上的道理都是灰的,和稀泥地平息两方,不争辩才是好的。


世上不是没有模糊不清的争论,但是单凡争辩就用这招来混,实在是反智,就好象争论一个人是男是女时,你总不能说“好啦好啦,你们各自都有道理”,什么道理?不男不女?(现实中这个是可能的)又好比争论一个人有没有犯罪杀人时,你总不能说“他可能有做,可能没有做”的谬论,对不?这两个都是极端的例子,但道理是一样的。

只要大板一打下来,什么道理都不用讲了,连错误都可以放过了,连谬论都可以扫进地毯下了,这样子争辩来干什么?不要老是说,你这样说有道理,那样说也有道理,道理在哪里?必须说清楚。什么情况下可以作准?什么情况下不可以?如果可以说清楚,那才可以令人信服,不然的话,就只是乱棍一扫通通打翻,什么建设性都没有。

手持这种大板或乱棍的,有许多是自诩为自由主义的人士,好象是唯有变化多端才能算美,孰不知真理就算不能被精准地确立,也不能等同于谬论,就正如自由也不是绝对自由,而是被限定出来的,有个范畴。在这个资讯爆炸的年代,很多人很容易因为不能承受大量讯息的冲击,而倾向于以这样子糟蹋争论,名为自由主义,实为虚无主义,和古代懒得处理案件只会判处两边各打五十大板的昏官,有什么分别?

2 comments:

Teng Hooi said...

所谓的圆滑之道——两边既不像得罪,但又想把自己抬高。有些看不过眼的人士称之为 lan-High-Class.

clim said...

找不到词义,Ian字何解?

这样做的人,未必是故意抬高自己的小人与乡愿,也可以是凡事讲究以和为贵的人,不审视价值取向,不辨别事实真伪,让中庸流于形式,阻碍有益的知识交流而不自知,反而以平息纠纷为喜,亦或,更忧的是,以此为学习道理之法,不实事求是,一味求折衷之案,于人于己,都没有实际好处。

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