Thanks again for your commentary and encouragement.
With few (if any) exceptions, blindness is built into the human condition.
Who would dare the journey if newborns saw pain in the round and the solace of sex and solid food still meant nothing in the mind of The Child?
In a partisan way, George Lakoff drills deep: "In the conservative moral system, the highest value is protecting and extending the moral system itself. When conservative icons or ideas themselves are threatened, it is not uncommon for conservative politicians to lie in their defense (Reagan never raised taxes; there’s no evidence for global warming; “government takeover”). Voters tolerate lies they see as serving a moral purpose…" http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/01/22/why-politicians-get-away-with-lying/why-conservatives-lie-about-iraq-and-global-warming
Wendell Berry nails The Human Condition:
Pax on both houses,
Alan
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Fred Owens <froghospital911@gmail.com> wrote:
Alan,The left consistently, if indirectly, praises single parenthood.
The Atlantic story was like a discussion of liver cancer, discovering that a larger percentage of men were suffering from this illness --- knowing this may be useful information in combating the disease, but otherwise it is of no consequence and hardly cause for a declaration of progress.I diabetic might need a leg amputation. In which case we would say that the amputation was a good thing, and happy that we have so many good prosthetic legs these days.But better to have two legs.I could go on ...... and I willthank you for your good work --- pax is a good place to goFred