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mvansand76:
I read this quote from Jake today, he said this in an interview about his new movie, Rendition.

"I get about 15 emails a day from my mother. And each one has links to all these political blogs she thinks I should check out. What I really liked about this script (Rendition), and what I really admired about Gavin (Hood, Rendition's South African-born director) is that politics is secondary to the human story. And as an actor I'm always interested in the human side of politics. The thing about this movie is that everybody believes they're acting out of the best intentions. They all think they're doing some kind of good. And they're all acting on what they've been told. But who's to say what you're being told is the truth? I think people question whether they're being told the truth in situations like this. And who can blame them? Even worse, a lot of people have even lost the want for the truth. I heard somebody say recently that people actually prefer ignorance. I know I do a lot of the time. The truth can be painful."

What do you think? Do you prefer ignorance? Have you lost the "want for truth"?

David In Indy:
I would rather hear the truth. The truth can be very painful, just as Jake said, but the pain goes away sonner or later and we are more informed. I'm also very impressed by the way Jake is thinking through things like this. I often get the impression many actors couldn't give a shit, and obviously Jake cares.  :D

moremojo:
I prefer truth over ignorance, even if the price for truth is more pain. I can understand people's impulse to remain in ignorance, thereby thinking they are avoiding pain, but I honor and respect the pursuit of truth much more.

notBastet:
hmnnn...

deep question...

if I sometimes feel I can't be bothered to know 'the truth' about everything, what kind of person does that make me?

here's one for you: does 'the truth' really exist or is it merely an illusion?

In all honesty, I think I probably feel like it has become impossible to know 'the truth' in some situations... so maybe I prefer ignorance in those situations, though I am ashamed to admit it... 

Politics is hard for me - to really get a grasp on it, I sorta feel like I would have to devote my life to it, and I ain't doing that...

what's the line in the declaration of indepence: "We hold these _____ to be ____"  is there something about truth in there, or am I misremembering?

I feel like I know the truth about some things, and not others, and some stuff I want to know the truth about that, and some stuff the truth is less important...

 :-\

'kay, I'll stop blabbering now.

Kerry:

--- Quote from: Snavel del Snuit on September 12, 2007, 03:42:05 pm ---"I heard somebody say recently that people actually prefer ignorance. I know I do a lot of the time. The truth can be painful."
--- End quote ---

I'm with Jake on this one. For me, personally, ignorance is bliss. I retreat from unpleasantness in all its forms, particularly when aggression and confrontation are involved. Can't cope with it. Never could.

One of my favourite quotes (forget who originally said it) is, "It is better to dream one's life than to live it."

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