I can see where you're coming from. But I also know far too many people older than myself who have retained the same views since the dawn of the universe.
... I have been in a great number of positions, in my life. Perhaps it is because there has been such variety that I am able to consider a number of perspectives, even if I do not always agree with them all.
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Is it a school of thought you subscribe to?
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I can see where you're coming from. But I also know far too many people older than myself who have retained the same views since the dawn of the universe.
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Mm, then it appears that they have a few years on even me.
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Even still... [their gaze drifts upward, to the sky] the more that I learn of others, the less I am able to stay the same as I always had been.
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Why do you ask?
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That does tend to be true, doesn't it...
... I have been in a great number of positions, in my life. Perhaps it is because there has been such variety that I am able to consider a number of perspectives, even if I do not always agree with them all.
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Perhaps, yes.
It doesn't take much for empathy. It's only that many will never give themselves the opportunity.
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[thoughtfully]
... well, there can be a number of reasons, at the end of the day.
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