Reply #13: Your message is confused.

[bigmonkey]

You seem thoughtful, yet you pull this old saw of a title for your reply.

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Your beliefs, of course, are realistic, whereas others just are not. Can't you just hear Cheney's intonation as he says "I apologize for reality's bias?" I knew you could.
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Perhaps you do indeed see yourself as heroic, unwilling to give up even though the cause is lost. Yet you are resoundingly proclaiming the pointlessness of the fight. The fact that you yourself find meaning in fighting an enemy you persist in deeming unstoppable is clear. Few people share the heroic ideal in this, its classic form.

"I apologize for reality." I think that's a ridiculous thing to say, and that obviously you still don't get it.

Here's the thing - You are advocating giving up, in the way you portray the situation. I wish you could see the self-pity and self-congratulation, and focus on the effect that it has on others when anyone says things like "reality is on the side of the defeatist," or "history proves that there is no hope of success," or "no-one will stand up." If your commitment is as solid as you say it is, that's little enough sacrifice to ask. There are plenty of examples in history of events that are "non-viscous," where there is no change observed for long periods, then things shift.