The Challenge of Human Nature

I've ceased being amazed by the things that people say and do, and have begun to accept that it takes an awful lot of effort to change a person's mind. And how's that saying go? A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still?

Check out this link to the Sam Adams Alliance, and especially this commentary by Paul Jacob. I really like the Alliance; I've been to their events and am planning on attending their next one (unless I'm booted off the guest list, LOL). Yet, I feel compelled to respond to these things all the same.

It's a shortcoming of human nature, I suppose, that when the mind fixates on a thing - in this case an apparent solution - it becomes difficult to see beyond the idea to the consequences of such action. This is something I recognize, and I hope that we collectively keep this in mind as we support our own solution, Balanced Government, to our problems governmental.

I've posted a reply to Paul's piece, and I encourage you to do the same. Our efforts at education are going to take many forms, and if we can't educate friendly "competition" like the Alliance, then we've got bigger problems than we realize.