Undefeatable statements
Posted by ardianto86 at 07:05 AM on July 20, 2009.
When someone accuses another person of being insane, those statements are considered undefeatable. Statements are undefeatable when the person who is accused with such statements are unable to argue in order to separate himself/herself from an accusation. Other examples are when parents always tell their children that they don't really understand things because they don't have enough experiences yet. Another is when a person accuses the other person that he/she will not be able to understand him/her because he/she has not undergone similar circumstances. True, those accusations are probably undefeatable, but not all. For cases in which a person is called as insane, he/she might probably defend himself by acting in a way a supposedly sane person would act. But that would convince the accuser only if the accuser is open to that possibility, or in other words, have 'reasons' for his/her claims. But sometimes such statements are not backed up with a reasonable claim, or the reason might not be that obvious and its terms and conditions can't really be spelled out explicitly. True, human beings are limited, and biased in their views. We are not perfectly logical beings is a fact that we need to admit. Thus, I feel that although certain such claims are fine (as perhaps it requires an element of subjective knowledge in the third case), in other cases reasons has to be reasonably spelt out. Or else parents would always accuse their children as being naive no matter how much their children have learnt. In such cases, it is always better to not utter such 'undefeatable statements' but it is better to give an example of how the other party fails to meet certain standards.. well..assuming its not limited by the other persons limitations..