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Category: Morality

  • The “Open-Minded” Can Be So “Close-Minded” ……. November 17, 2014

    shun (shn) tr.v. shunned, shun·ning, shuns To avoid deliberately; keep away from. eschew (ɪsˈtʃuː) vb 1. (tr) to keep clear of or abstain from (something disliked, injurious, etc); shun; avoid os·tra·cize (str-sz) tr.v. os·tra·cized, os·tra·ciz·ing, os·tra·ciz·es 1. To exclude from a group. See Synonyms at blackball. 2. To banish by ostracism, as in ancient Greece…

  • The Little Children … November 9, 2014

          Soon there will be the Black Friday sales. Super bargains will be offered, but you better hurry. Best you be first in line, or you’ll miss out.      There will be the usual news stories the days before the sale, people actually camped out at the front door of the stores waiting to get…

  • Morality and Niceness … November 10, 2014

    Morality: mo·ral·i·ty noun \mə-ˈra-lə-tē, mȯ-\ : beliefs about what is right behavior and what is wrong behavior : the degree to which something is right and good : the moral goodness or badness of something Nice-ness: (Nice) niceadjective, nicer, nicest.1. pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit. 2. amiably pleasant; kind: They are always nice to…

  • Women and Children? .. Puh-leese! … November 3, 2014

    “Women and Children first” is the cry often heard. The example cited is usually that of the Titanic. A recent example of this gynocentric point of view is the “save the girls” plea about the kidnapped Africans. This occurred shortly after the slaughter of innocent boys in the same area about which there was never…

  • Misanthropy Anyone? … October 20, 2014

    Having the knowledge of good and evil may in itself be the source of good and evil. Animals, though they may do what humans consider horrendous things, possess no knowledge of good and evil. They, therefore, are incapable of doing good or evil. They are indifferent and function by way of instinct. Humanity is capable…

  • Death Penalty Re-visitations …October 13, 2014

    Much has been said regarding the morality and need for the death penalty. Many have remarked that the cost to the public of maintaining an individual in confinement for a lifetime is less than that associated with the many appeals of a death sentence. I have, I admit, overtime, gone from one stance to another…

  • Accept Responsibility

      “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” – Les Brown

  • Morality Is Not Disposable…. May 12, 2014

  • The Chase … April 27, 2014

    Are you planning to die? Has some sort of vigil been established in your waning years wherein you are sitting, looking out the window perhaps, waiting for the grim reaper to appear? Maybe you have already made your final plans, bought the grave site and the casket. Perhaps, in depressed anticipation you have finalized your…

  • Hey, Did You Sign Up For This? … March 17, 2014

    drug·gie also drug·gy (drŭg′ē) n. pl. drug·gies Slang One that takes or is addicted to drugs When you decided that the definition of atheist described your belief system did you think that you were going to be rubbing elbows with druggies? Was there any idea in your mind that the groups you might frequent would…