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To: Diamond

Confucius also said, about 500 BC:

The Master replied: “How about ‘shu’: never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself?”
Analects XV.24, tr. David Hinton

The golden rule, it turns out, is not strictly of Christian heritage. You could look it up.


76 posted on 05/27/2007 7:47:37 PM PDT by gcruse
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To: gcruse
How about ‘shu’: never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself?”

That translates to don't do unto others what you wouldn't want happen to you. It's not the Golden Rule.

77 posted on 05/27/2007 7:53:00 PM PDT by Tribune7 (A bleeding heart does nothing but ruin the carpet)
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To: gcruse

“How about ‘shu’: never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself?”

Too bad our politicians don’t live by that rule.


78 posted on 05/27/2007 7:53:56 PM PDT by darkangel82 (Socialism is NOT an American value.)
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