My moral dilemma of the day
My moral dilemma of the day
"When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime."
-- Thomas Paine
-- Thomas Paine
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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Shared on FB!!!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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That's where I got it 
"When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime."
-- Thomas Paine
-- Thomas Paine
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Ditto!Gob wrote:Shared on FB!!!
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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Well, those who live by the sword ...
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As I said earlier, I don't approve of what Daniels did, (public officials cannot be a law unto themselves) but I have no trouble distinguishing between her and the scumbags at the WBC on the vileness scale...
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Jim--while I would agree with you based on what WBC does (or has done) at military funerals; I don't see picketing her place of business or house (which it appears is all they are doing) as particularly vile, and certainly no less vile than using a public trust position to deny some you disagree with their legal rights.
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I thought the Wastboro-bunch patriarch had gone to his reward? I'm surprised they're still going.
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rubato
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rubato
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yeah, I don t have much trouble deciding which of them is the most vile....
a confused woman attempting to make an ill advised and ill informed stand, or a really scary bunch of hate filled fruit cakes.
are the Westboro folks affiliated with the group in new York who beat their kid to death recently?
a confused woman attempting to make an ill advised and ill informed stand, or a really scary bunch of hate filled fruit cakes.
are the Westboro folks affiliated with the group in new York who beat their kid to death recently?
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Personally, I see the actions of a government employee who is there solely to serve the public discriminating against someone because (s)he personally doesn't approve of that person or something that person is doing as a much bigger problem than a bunch of jerks picketing as private citizens; both are likely filled with hate and idiocy, but I hold the government to a higher standard.
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Idealistic dreamerBig RR wrote:"... but I hold the government to a higher standard.
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rubato
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No doubt I am just that, and proud of it. 