"Hope is a meaningless emotion because its fruits are always in the future and, by definition, never in the NOW."
So, when people who lived in the time of the second world war hoped the war would end, nothing actually happened? Seems like a slightly rubbish argument.
"We have no job, no food on the table and our home has been foreclosed, but at least we have 'hope'. Phew, thank goodness for that.
'I'm hungry, mum, can I have some hope, please?'"
Now, I must admit I can see where the root of this argument is...he's right that hope isn't a tangible thing but it doesn't follow that hope is worthless. If you accept this inference then it arguably follows that love is worthless, since love is also intangible. However, I'm pretty sure that most people would agree that love feels very real to those who have it, just like hope.
Poor argument in general.
(, Wed 31 Dec 2008, 12:25, Reply)