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"There are two sides to everything. A right one, and a wrong one."

That's apparently how some people think. The quote comes from a guy in a forum today.

He's right, you know. Only two sides. To EVERYTHING. No more, no less. A right one, and a wrong one.

Courtesy Dr. Seuss

Do you know how The Butter Battle Book ends?

I told the guy that the idea that EVERYTHING had a right and a wrong side is crazy, and here is his response:

"The Holy Father Pope Benedict has spoken strongly about these basic principles and the need to cast off the dictatorship of moral relativism which really amounts to self-worship."

Don't you see the problem with saying that EVERYTHING is only right or wrong? Ok, I can understand saying that some things are right and wrong. I don't necessarily know if I agree with it, and I am for the most part a relativist, but at least the idea that SOME things have a right and wrong side only has some merit. That's an opinion which is defensible and arguable. I'm not a complete relativist, however, because relativism states that there's never a right or wrong, which means that whether relativism is correct is relative. That means that it, in itself, is a logical fallacy.

To say that EVERYTHING has a right and wrong way is to literally say that there is a right and wrong way to butter your bread. It IS ludicrous.

I mean, am I crazy? Or are there definitely some things that just can't be cut into two sides? I had no idea anyone thought that way. I knew that there were people who believed that even most things had a right and wrong side. But EVERYTHING?