You need a graphic understanding of a situation to make a complete judgment and we didn't have that.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Judgment is contained in the act of trying to understand.
Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence.
It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a judgement after only recognizing the standard or traditional structure of a piece.
There are thus great swathes of the past where understanding is more important and reputable than judgement, because the principal actors performed in line with the ideas and values of that time, not of ours.
Our understanding is correlative to our perception.
Seeing things from a different point of view can help us understand why other people act the way they do. We too often judge people without having all the facts.
Maybe our telling of the story wasn't as clear as it should have been, but I don't think that's true. In terms of understanding the story, it comes across.
What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed.
How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that which seems.
How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.