"You can't Judge!"

At work the other day I characterized, to a coworker, an individual that we both knew, as a "nut". Her immediate response was: "You can't judge!". As General Schwartzkopf would put it: "Bovine scatology!" It is B.S for two reasons: 1. Viewed as an expression of power "you can't judge" is false. My coworker is not a leader or change agent. I can (have the ability to) judge anyone at anytime for any reason and my coworker is powerless to stop it. 2. Viewed as an expression of ethics/morals my coworker's admonishment is false. It is ethical/moral for me to judge this person because existence is primary. Reality is the same for everyone. If I acted the way this "nut" acted I too would be rightfully judged as a "nut". "You can't judge" is exactly the kind of counter-culture nonsense, that if allowed to stand, incorrectly emphasizes the presumption for change and the presumption for change puts intellectual opponents in the impossible position of having to prove a negative. - You're welcome

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