Possum wrote:Yes, I was ignorant of the reference you made because I do not waste my time watching Idiots like Monty Python!!!
My Ignorance in that regard is, as far as I am concerned, to use a legal term--Nonessential Ignorance and not the more critical type sometimes referred to as Voluntary Ignorance.
Let's do a quick analysis of above statement. You cite the legal terms "nonessential ignorance" and "voluntary ignorance". You are maybe ignorant of the fact that the opposite of "nonessential ignorance" is
not "voluntary ignorance".
The opposite of "voluntary ignorance" is "involuntary ignorance". Ignorance of a subject is voluntary when a party might, by taking reasonable pains, have acquired the necessary knowledge. For example, every man might acquire a knowledge of the laws which have been promulgated, a neglect to become acquainted with them is therefore voluntary ignorance. Involuntary ignorance is that which does not proceed from choice, and which cannot be overcome by the use of any means of knowledge known to him and within his power; as, the ignorance of a law which has not yet been promulgated.
So, let's go back to your statement:
Possum wrote:because I do not waste my time ...
From this part of the sentence, "I do not waste my time", representing a voluntary choice of how you would spend your time, we can easily deduct that your Ignorance (I see you chose to write ignorance with a capital "I", which might be suiting, in your case) is of voluntary nature, or, to use the legal term, voluntary ignorance.
There is, of course, nothing wrong with your Ignorance, especially as you have professed to it so freely. Nevertheless, it should be clarified that your Ignorance is of voluntary nature.
