@Jennifer1984 Said
re my BIB:
Define "We".
I hope you're not including me in that. I'm perfectly happy to strive for concensus. I'm quite happy to give something to get something. It's usually the best way for both sides to come away from any conflict with the feeling that they've got something out of it. It used to be called "Good old fashioned British compromise".
I'm all for that.
Please don't sprout genitalia in the middle of your forehead - of either gender. Whichever set of naughty bits you sprouted, it would only confirm a lot of people's opinions.
I am not in the least slighted by your last comment. I found it rather humorous in a 'cold shudder' sort of way.
Of course we are all willing to strive for consensus, we are just a lot less willing to compromise.
For example, a vote was held on Brexit. One side won. Then the idea was to get out of the EU by any means necessary, but there were those who would not accept this result in the UK. In the interests of "compromise" they should have joined with the people who fought for Brexit in trying to get the best outcome for the British people. They did not seem willing to do that though. Their idea of compromise was that the people should have to vote again (and some of them advocated having the options of stay, leave with a deal or leave without a deal. They did this because they knew it would split the leave vote and guarantee the remain side won. This is not compromise, this is an effort to overturn then thwart democracy).
As I said, we are all willing to compromise if we will get what we want, but are less willing to if we won't. It is human nature. And these days that has become worse because divide and conquer works, we have no broader metanarrative that unites us, and we have fractured into groups, many of whom are not able to find compromise, and the divide is bound to grow.
You see that in religious groups opposing any attempt to preach tolerance of homosexuality in schools (including in the Muslim community). What is the compromise there? Maybe have schools for religious kids that do not teach this stuff? But that will potentially cause radicalisation, alienation and distrust to grow even more.
@Jennifer1984 Said
Please don't sprout genitalia in the middle of your forehead - of either gender. Whichever set of naughty bits you sprouted, it would only confirm a lot of people's opinions.