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I am not a big Gruber fan. Actually, I disagree with most of his opinions. But this text is just beautiful.
by juliano_q 15y ago
I am not a big Gruber fan. Actually, I disagree with most of his opinions. But this text is just beautiful.
- PhrosTT 15y agoCame here to make the same point. I kinda hate his fanboyism, but damn if he can't find the angle nobody else sees.
- ethank 15y agoI hate this admonishment of fanboy-ism that permeates the discussion anytime MG or Gruber are mentioned. We need fanaticism to counter balance apathy. There is nothing more empowering than a belief in what you do, why you do it, or who you do it for. *said as someone who ran a fan site for 16 years
- jmathai 15y agoI wish more people could be closer to the middle.
- ethank 15y agoThe middle is the most boring place to reside. Nothing happens there.
- SoftwareMaven 15y agoMost people are closer to the middle. The middle isn't what we need. Compassion, caring, and humility in our passions are.
- jmathai 15y agoI guess I considering myself in the middle. I'm extremely passionate about a handful of topics. But at the same time I've learned to not allow it to alienate myself from the majority. The alienation is where I consider the edge to start. It's counter productive because you're just viewed as a crazy. I think we agree but our scales of the edges and the middle might be different.
- dragonsky 15y agoWithout the edges, you don't have a middle. Now I think of it though, I remember when the most fun you could have was standing in the middle of a see-saw whilst your friends sat on the ends.... I don't think it would have been anywhere as much fun if everybody was standing in the middle and there was nobody on the ends to upset the balance.
- protomyth 15y agoThe middle is only achieved by meticulously removing all emotion and dissecting the words down to structure only. Passion for anything drives us to the edges. I guess I would rather have the vibrant edges and a sense of civility that, frankly, has never been there(1) than the gray landscape of the middle. (1) see various sources on the election of 1800 for a nice historical example
- skeletonjelly 15y agoThey are. You only hear the loud ones.
- billmcneale 15y agoThere is no need for fanaticism to counter balance apathy, well-written, factual and objective articles work fine.
- ethank 15y agoThat isn't how culture works.
- funkah 15y agoIt's funny how many of the comments here start the same way. You guys probably agree with him more than you think.