[Mrs. Don-o]

It took me a long time before I realized that there are some things we must judge, some things we can sometimes judge, and some things we must not and cansnot judge.

Specifically, we must judge:

• ideas and ideologies, to determine if they are good or evil
• words, to determine if they are true or false
• acts, to determine if they are right or wrong

You can judge matters of taste and preference to some extent --- that's why they have cook-offs, art shows and county fairs.

Things you can't and shouldn't judge, are

• people's interior states (their intentions and motivations and so forth) becase you can't know them unless they clearly tell you, and
• people's spiritual state and eternal destiny in the sanse of saying "this gal is damned" or "that guy's going to hell", because you don't know either their mind OR God's saving initiatives. (That's why God is the judge and I'm not.)

As for Beccy Cole? She may be a sincere patriot and a really fine musician. I assume she has some spectacularly attractive qualities.

This business about "the most important thing is to be true to yourself" is a bit of nonsense, though. Everyone has some sound healthy tendencies, and some pahetically disordered tendencies. To "be true to" your disordered tendencies is a bad idea.

I take it she's pretty young. She's probably no worse --- quite possibly a lot better ---than I was at that age. I wish her the best.

[stuartcr]

Me too

[pdunkin]

Well said!
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[GreenLanternCorps]

Well said. Nobody is perfect. Praise her when she does right, politely criticize her for a publicly stated wrong.

[Blennos]

I judge yours to be an impressive post Mrs Don-o. You are obviously a very intelligent lady. I agree with your comments about judgements. A very important use of our intellect is to make judgements about right/wrong; good/evil; wise/unwise courses of action.