commitment, qualifying, and politeness

[Hygro]

The more you qualify something the less committed you are.

Politeness encourages qualifying.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Is this one of these threads people make when they're drunk?

 

[Borachio]

Um. I suppose this might very well probably be true.

Except in so far as it concerns politeness and commitment to the truth, itself.

The less qualifying you are in your views, the less likely you are to be right, imo.

 

[Hygro]

Is this one of these threads people make when they're drunk?

nope.

 

[Kyriakos]

OP seems a bit cryptic. Can you qualify it a bit more?

qual·i·fy (kwl-f)
v. qual·i·fied, qual·i·fy·ing, qual·i·fies
v.tr.
1. To describe by enumerating the characteristics or qualities of; characterize.
2. To make competent or eligible for an office, position, or task.
3.
a. To declare competent or capable; certify.
b. To make legally capable; license.
4. To modify, limit, or restrict, as by giving exceptions.
5. To make less harsh or severe; moderate. See Synonyms at moderate.
6. Grammar To modify the meaning of (a noun, for example).
v.intr.
1. To be or become qualified.
2. To reach the later stages of a selection process or contest by competing successfully in earlier rounds.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/qualify

Particularly you could elaborate how qualifying something is tied to being polite, and moreso if it is tied to being polite but causes you to- or inherently has the prospect of making you- be less committed in all that.

I suppose you do not mean that if one speaks non-passionately, ie with many categories and 'logically', about something, it means they are less fit to speak about that thing? Cause if that is meant then i do not agree.

 

[Antilogic]

I think he's talking about definitions 4 and 5.

 

[warpus]

The more you qualify something the less committed you are.

Politeness encourages qualifying.

It depends on the situation I think.

If you're polite, it would encourage qualifying in certain situations.. but not all. I'm a polite guy, but every once in a while I go all in. Some things are just worth it, you know?

I also found your use of the word "qualify" confusing at first, but the definition above helped.

 

[Farm Boy]

The less qualifying you are in your views, the less likely you are to be right, imo.

Spoken truth. Probably.

Tellin' it like it is has a certain easy charm to it, but I'm not sure a commitment to assbaggery really carries over reliably out of that realm.

 

[Light Cleric]

I'm not sure committed is inherently a good thing here, I don't want people who are strongly committed to things that are factually wrong.

 

[Harv]

Is this one of these threads people make when they're drunk?

Maybe the OP is trying to explain something to his girlfriend or sister.

ADDIT: The converse statement:

Bluntness discourages qualifying.

 

[timtofly]

The more polite and committed you are, the less you need to qualify anything. However being polite can also mask the true intention of commitment and the ability to remove one's self by passing the burden on to some one else.

 

[illram]

There is a careful balance between being an overconfident blowhard and being polite but respectfully assertive. You can qualify or even just assume for the sake of argument that which you know you will have disagreement on so you can reach a useful compromise, if the goal is persuasion.

 

[Wolfbeckett]

The more you qualify something the less committed you are.

Politeness encourages qualifying.

Is there a question or discussion point here or did you accidentally post something here that you meant to put on Twitter?

 

[Zack]

Is this the part where someone disapproves of political correctness?

 

[NovaKart]

This does seem a bit like a Millman thread.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

It is my opinion that people are not committed to nuances as much as they are not committed to cold facts. Instead they are, in the end, committed to feelings, impressions or images. And those are not qualified, they stand for themselves, they are wholes.
So, in principle, the more I qualify, the less I refer to what I actually care about.

 

[El_Machinae]

The less qualifying you are in your views, the less likely you are to be right, imo.

I like how you qualified your point at the end!

 

[Borachio]

Indeed. It is only my opinion, after all. And not a particularly strongly held one, either.

What's wrong with believing things passionately? And just being downright wrong from time to time, anyway? I've had a lifetime's experience of being wrong.

Also, there seems to be a strong link between this thread and the one on reasonableness.

The trouble with being reasonable, though, is that the world isn't a particularly rational place. The mere fact of it being here seems to defy all reason. Imo.