Truth, strike two

[ciphergoth]

Thanks for some interesting and surprising responses to the JFK question. At the risk of creating more heat than light, let me try another example, one that I think might be a little less comfortable to be neutral about.

It seems that many people believe that on the morning of September 11, 2001, four thousand or more Israelis who were working at the World Trade Center did not show up for work.

Are those people wrong?

(Update: amended as per ajva's caveat)

Comments

[adjectivegail]

Yes - this is sort of where I am as well.

I've actually been kind of interested recently in how different (but still very strong) my reactions are to "I disagree" and "you're wrong". The former will prompt intense interest from me and a keenness to find out where our differences lie and how far they extend, and so forth. The latter, to my mind, sounds judgemental and arrogant, and immediately puts my back up.

Further, if we're talking about something that I don't think there can be a 'right' answer to, or at least not a 'right' answer that we'll ever find out (and I'd put who shot JFK into this category, as opposed to e.g. is the earth round), it will get my temper up faster than you could wave a red flag at a bull!