Illogic

Did you ever notice that most discussions that you have with people are based not on logic, but on emotion? You can be making the most finely crafted argument designed to prove to any and all that your point is the truth, the way it is. But if the other person is angry or sad, then that becomes the relevant thing, not whether anything actually makes sense. This came up recently when an acquaintance asked me to help with something that it turned out I was unable to assist with. The response was a snarky comment on my level of empathy. When I attempted to explain my resoning I was assailed with references to things that I had done ten years ago as well as some gerneral name calling. This kind of reminds me of the health care debate. Agree or disagree with the details or even the broad strokes, no one is out to "pull the plug on grandma" or turn us into a socialist dictatorship. I suppose the pigeons have come home to roost, the Democrats made some of these same stupid accusations against the Republicans when the GOP was trying to make cuts in welfare in the 90's. Can you imagine if some of this took place in the reatil environment? Burger King accusing McDonald's of wanting to kill little kids with their new fancy coffee or McDonald's saying that "The King" was a pedophile? Hmmmm