07-07-2013, 12:23 PM
All of us should be familiar with the seven deadly (or cardinal) sins:
Lust
Gluttony
Greed
Sloth
Wrath
Envy
Pride
Few of us would routinely acknowledge, let alone celebrate our commissions of the first six.
How many of us, for example, lust after our own children?
Most of us, however, are proud of our children.
And just three days ago, on the Fourth of July, the overwhelming majority of Americans sang of the pride they take in their country.
Please help me understand.
Lust
Gluttony
Greed
Sloth
Wrath
Envy
Pride
Few of us would routinely acknowledge, let alone celebrate our commissions of the first six.
How many of us, for example, lust after our own children?
Most of us, however, are proud of our children.
And just three days ago, on the Fourth of July, the overwhelming majority of Americans sang of the pride they take in their country.
Please help me understand.
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene