Greetings good citizen, I have a full plate so today's offering will be brief. I received two 'appeals' today from what might best be considered 'part of the problem'. The first was panhandling to fund changing the structure of the DNC. It shouldn't take money to do that and if it does we're dealing with the WRONG PEOPLE!
The other was from the NY Times, that I have been receiving a 'guest subscription' [headlines only] for almost twenty years. They too have repeatedly asked me for a paid subscription.
Why would I subscribe (pay for) a publication that routinely ignores 'third rail' issues? Middle of the road is one thing but this isn't even in the map most of the time.
Take today's revelation that that the shooting in Baton Rouge [where prosecutors found nothing to prosecute] resulted in the chief of the department firing the responsible officer, after video shows it was really a hate crime and the victim was murdered. Um, isn't that the kind of thing we prosecute cops for?
But no, this isn't about justice. It's about 'comply or die'.
Why do I want to subscribe to a paper that doesn't lead the charge on an issue like this and why would I contribute to a political organization I know is corrupt and doesn't support or even care about what matters to me [EQUALITY, JUSTICE and PEACE!] Equality and justice are 'inseparable' and the combination of the two should result in the third (it's not realistic to ignore the 'flake factor'.)
Part of the quandary we find ourselves in today is driven by the IDEA that 'RIGHT' is RELATIVE...a matter of 'opinion'.
We embrace NOTHING because GOOD is in the eye of the beholder.
Live and let live are all fine and well until we have to decide who will succeed and who will fail, then we all have a stake in the outcome. [Mind you the feckless preach that God makes this decision...but it seems nobody has any proof their God exists. [Many conflate LUCK with 'Divine intervention'.] Luck is proof of luck and nothing more.
If you can't get behind EQUALITY and Justice, what the hell DO you stand for?
Is it really as simple as 'more for me'?
How's that working out for you?
Thanks once again for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
The other was from the NY Times, that I have been receiving a 'guest subscription' [headlines only] for almost twenty years. They too have repeatedly asked me for a paid subscription.
Why would I subscribe (pay for) a publication that routinely ignores 'third rail' issues? Middle of the road is one thing but this isn't even in the map most of the time.
Take today's revelation that that the shooting in Baton Rouge [where prosecutors found nothing to prosecute] resulted in the chief of the department firing the responsible officer, after video shows it was really a hate crime and the victim was murdered. Um, isn't that the kind of thing we prosecute cops for?
But no, this isn't about justice. It's about 'comply or die'.
Why do I want to subscribe to a paper that doesn't lead the charge on an issue like this and why would I contribute to a political organization I know is corrupt and doesn't support or even care about what matters to me [EQUALITY, JUSTICE and PEACE!] Equality and justice are 'inseparable' and the combination of the two should result in the third (it's not realistic to ignore the 'flake factor'.)
Part of the quandary we find ourselves in today is driven by the IDEA that 'RIGHT' is RELATIVE...a matter of 'opinion'.
We embrace NOTHING because GOOD is in the eye of the beholder.
Live and let live are all fine and well until we have to decide who will succeed and who will fail, then we all have a stake in the outcome. [Mind you the feckless preach that God makes this decision...but it seems nobody has any proof their God exists. [Many conflate LUCK with 'Divine intervention'.] Luck is proof of luck and nothing more.
If you can't get behind EQUALITY and Justice, what the hell DO you stand for?
Is it really as simple as 'more for me'?
How's that working out for you?
Thanks once again for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
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