In article <020120081025592521%mitch@hawaii.rr>, Mitch <mitch@hawaii.rr> wrote:
> In article <477422c9$0$5345$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, Warren Oates > <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Cynicism isn't helpful, it's crippling. > > > > Bullshit. True cynicism is a valid approach to life. I don't think > > _anyone_ acts out of anything but self-interest. > > Yes, it's valid. I didn't say otherwise. > What I said is that it is crippling. It is. Building a specific > attitude for approaches to ideas while excluding other attitudes is > intrinsically self-limiting. There is no other way to see it. > > Therefore, it is not _helpful_ as an approach to ideas. > It may be easier, it may be simpler, it may even be contextually > correct.
Why do you say it is valid? What would be an invalid approach to life?