(October 29, 2010 at 2:54 am)Saerules Wrote: I rather think he's rather philosophically secure. "Rationalizations" are good... would you prefer he not at least try to understand why he is the way he is? I find that if you ask 'why?' enough times... you discover that all of your reasons are based on faith. I don't think homophobia is a bad thing, in and of itself. My insectophobia isn't necessarily a bad thing either. It is only in context of some situations that we can really show either of these to have been bad... or good... and conditions can just as easily exist for these to be good things as they do for the bad things.
Remember... genocide can easily be the very best decision that could be made. Though one must be very creative in the use of it, and there are usually better options, rape too can be the best decision. Failing that, such things can remain very good decisions. I would try not to throw away tools with unusual applications, and rather store them some distance away from your usual tools. But then, it might be better for me if you don't know that they are available to you in the first place
I understand that Sae, some phobias do not affect one's life much, some might prove to be just annoying. But like I said, defining feelings with other words won't really take away phobias, it may somewhat work in the short run, but knowing phobias like I do, avoiding the core issues (the 'whys' like you said) only gets the problem agravated. IMHO he should adress his homophobia directly, but in an non emotional basis.
