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I don't feel like typing in the standard Objectivist theory of moral sentiments tonight. Suffice it to say that I am a moral absolutist. The only possible standard of value for a human being to hold is human life; every other standard is necessarily self-contradictory. The rest of morality flows ineluctably from this.

Besides, I also reject the notion that, if their moral system is somehow objectively equivalent to ours--which it isn't--we therefore can't judge them according to our moral system. Not judging people according to your moral system is tantamount to not having a moral system at all.

I was having an interesting conversation with my father who is a veteran of war for this great nation. It is not something he usually talks about, but in our current situation he felt the need and I was very attentive. He told me of how prisoners of war were treated. The captors would seek out the officers, priest, and physicians and either separate them from the others or kill them. They did this because it eliminated the guidance of leadership, spiritual guidance, and physical care. This made the prisoners easier to control and indoctrinate. They essentially took away many of their foundations and left them on sandy ground. After the Geneva Convention, this treatment and others were to end.

I stopped to ponder our colleges and even public schools here in the U.S. It seems we to need to have a Geneva Convention for the sake of our youth being indoctrinated in this same manner. These schools (not all) have rewritten history, they teach not to trust the military actions, have made great leaders into villains, and have even called to question the Constitution that this great nation was founded upon. They question the existence of God that their parents had brought them up to believe. Yes, even medicine is being brought into the issue; abortion, fetal research, assisted suicide, and cloning. This is all under a blanket of “free thought”.

Do not get me wrong, by no means am I against free thought. This country was founded on freedom but all must agree there must be limits as to the extent if it hurts another or infringes on their freedoms. I have the freedom to drink… Should I become an alcoholic and disregard my family? Why not? I have the freedom of free speech… Should I degrade all people I come in contact with? Why not? I have the freedom of religion… Should I kill all others that do not agree with my doctrine? Why not?!!!… I think freedom of thought is great… But Not when it destabilizes our foundations! Not when it takes away justice! Not when it replaces Rock with sand!