It has occurred to me,
It has occurred to me, as I've flipped through the pages of FrontPage, Salon, Drudge and others over the past two weeks, how much easier it must be to simply adopt a position on something and then move on. Take the Israeli conflict, for example. Dealing with it as a mere observer is exhausting (I can't imagine what it's like to deal with it as a participant). Every day presents new events that, if one is being mindful, demand a fresh examination of one's position. How much simpler it would be to have taken The Position. To have made a decision: I am for the Israelis! I am against the Palestinians! I think that they're all weasely little humans fighting over a scrap of wretched earth! Right now, I kind of like that last one.
But think about it: with The Position, one need not be concerned with fresh developments. They all fit into the Position. Everything simply reinforces it.
Perhaps I should go get one. I wonder where they're sold?
