Talk About Tennis 2.0

I think the point is there IS no answer

dryrunguy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 03, 2025 6:10 pm I think the point is there IS no answer, ponchi. Here was had a handful of people who drew their line in their own way and in accordance with their own compass. They agree on some things but disagree on others. Their juxtaposition from one another is precisely the same as any other bad country dealing with similar, highly complex, conflicting issues. The big difference between the people profiled here and, say, their counterparts in the U.S. would be that the people featured here (except perhaps for the very young transperson in the piece who speaks in unequivocal absolutes with zero doubt or room for negotiation, but I'll give her the benefit of the doubt for this brain exercise of mine) would probably be able to sit around a table and discuss these complexities rationally and sensibly, at least for the most part, while their U.S. counterparts would ultimately end up vilifying one another for not going far enough or going too far.

Anyway, I keep coming back to the wise words of Hannah Rosin in the aftermath of the famous catcalling video from 2014: "Activism is never perfectly executed." And the reason is there is not, nor will there ever be, just one clear, easily identifiable path for everyone to take in response to the bad countries we live in.

And maybe that's okay? Maybe? Can anything of substance be accomplished by lateral forces working in sometimes competing or contrary directions?