Comments on: To nuance or not to nuance … that is the question http://www.toledofreepress.com/2011/05/01/to-nuance-or-not-to-nuance-that-is-the-question/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=to-nuance-or-not-to-nuance-that-is-the-question Toledo's Largest Sunday Newspaper Sun, 19 May 2013 11:09:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Toledo Newspaperhttp://www.toledofreepress.com/wp-content/themes/tfp/images/tfp_logo_small.gifhttp://www.toledofreepress.com15746The Toledo Free Press is a weekly newspaper in Toledo, Ohio. It was founded in 2005 by Thomas Pounds. By: Thomas Berry http://www.toledofreepress.com/2011/05/01/to-nuance-or-not-to-nuance-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-287573 Thomas Berry Sun, 15 May 2011 00:15:01 +0000 http://www.toledofreepress.com/?p=31471#comment-287573 To take that a step further: What principles are the Reverend McGlade willing to sacrifice in the name of nuance? Maybe I'm not nuanced enough, but since "nuance" is defined in part as "sensibility to, awareness of, or ability to express delicate shadings," I fail to see how refusing to compromise on principles is a fault. I also fail to see how it even qualifies as being nuanced. To take that a step further: What principles are the Reverend McGlade willing to sacrifice in the name of nuance? Maybe I’m not nuanced enough, but since “nuance” is defined in part as “sensibility to, awareness of, or ability to express delicate shadings,” I fail to see how refusing to compromise on principles is a fault. I also fail to see how it even qualifies as being nuanced.

]]> By: Brian Wilson http://www.toledofreepress.com/2011/05/01/to-nuance-or-not-to-nuance-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-286637 Brian Wilson Tue, 03 May 2011 17:46:35 +0000 http://www.toledofreepress.com/?p=31471#comment-286637 Query: "...the people who give me the most trouble are those who can’t nuance. They cling to their absolutes and refuse to compromise. To do so would be a violation of their principles. I want to respect that, after all, I have principles too. But sometimes we have to give a little here or there to get something done" Really? "...give a little" on "principles"? Hmmmm....Just how "nuanced" was Jesus? Query:
“…the people who give me the most trouble are those who can’t nuance. They cling to their absolutes and refuse to compromise. To do so would be a violation of their principles. I want to respect that, after all, I have principles too. But sometimes we have to give a little here or there to get something done”

Really? “…give a little” on “principles”?
Hmmmm….Just how “nuanced” was Jesus?

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