“Might have been easier and cheaper if the photography outfit had just said they had a prior commitment on that date.”
Sensible, but not really the point. You shouldn’t have to lie to preserve your freedom not to be coerced into servitude, act AGAINST your religion, etc. This should be obvious and taught in civics classes.
I bemoan the day that we chose lying over stating the obvious, that we fear the state rather, than knowing that the state is there to preserve the Constitution.
To all of you who choose lying — someday everyone will make the same choice as you, and on that day you will wake up in East Germany. Fighting for freedom won’t be an option.
Civics classes. LOL. I was just discussing civics class with my husband. I’d heard my older siblings talk about taking those classes, but my husband and I are both too young (40s and 50s).
Didn’t they also teach about the responsibility of voting for someone you think is best suited to the office? It’s your civic duty not to throw your vote away on the candidate the newspaper tells you to vote for.
I learned about civic duty from my family, and a handful of teachers who still had the courage to defy the communist forces, before they developed a stronghold on the education system.