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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
I meant "to your own standard" as you corrected. (Not offended, I'm not the most skilled talker/writer.)
I resist the imposition of other standards on me, and when I really spell it out in unmistakeable language, the person who does the imposition suddenly gets bent out of shape, denying that that's what they're doing, when it's blatantly obvious that is what they're doing. They're upset that they got their hand caught in the cookie jar, so to speak...
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Well, that's what makes us human, I suppose, the ability to rationalize our getting our hands caught in the cookie jar into something other than what it is ... trying to steal that damn cookie.
Trying to steal the other guy's cookies is what really makes the world go round ... we just call it (1) turning them into God fearing Christians, or (2) bringing them democracy (I always love that one ...), or (3) freeing the world of tyranny (what ... so they can be tyrannized by us or someone who will give us more cookies??).
Ah, human beings. The only creatures I know of who will murder a man and call it "war" or an "execution" or even "self defense." Mind you ... I'm all for some of those rationalizations ... not for all of them. But dead is dead ... murder is still murder no matter who or what got murdered. (Yes, I know the legal definition of "murder" only applies to human beings ... but that's really just one more rationalization.)
Oh ... I'm remembering a great Woody Allen quote ... I'm certain I'll get it wrong, but it was something about rationalization being more important than sex. You could get through the day without sex ... but not without a good rationalization.