Agreement and diversity
Those calling for agreement can’t accept intolerance.
Those calling for diversity won’t find much approval.
This is nothing new. These ideas date back to ancient times. They build ground for disadvantages as well as advantages of democracy. They apply to Sustainable Development as they do to liars’ blogs. I have only chosen words, words like placeholders, showing that the key notions of the quest for sustainability are bound by the same terms.
Of course, this is its very chance.
More of the same?
Those calling for agreement will struggle with diversity.
Those calling for diversity won’t find much agreement.
Those calling for consensus can’t accept intolerance.
Those calling for tolerance are afraid of self assurance.
Those calling for democracy can’t live with unity.
Those calling for change will fear conservation.
Those calling for tolerance cannot accept intolerance.
Those calling for freedom compete with freedom.
June 1st, 2006 at 11:30
The list of disadvantages as well as advantages of democracy was moved to Wikipedia’s article on Liberal democracy.
September 3rd, 2006 at 18:15
About difficulties of agreement see also Agreeing not to agree.