[Warhead W-88]

I do believe in morality, and I believe we should generally urge moral behavior and not shy away from calling immoral behavior for what it is, without making excuses, but--

-- we also have to stop sweating the small stuff. I've now got people upthread telling me I can't have a few beers because "some people" can't handle Demon Rum and it destroys their lives.

Hey-- I feel real bad for them and all, but excuse me while I uncap this here Dos Equis. That's YOUR problem and YOUR disease, buddy, not mine. There are some people who apparently insist on other people bearing THEIR crosses.

It's a delicate line, I admit. But there is a line. Yes, we can't give in to the liberal silliness that everything is just a personal choice that can't be commented on.

But, in rejecting that extreme, are we necessarily forced to the Holy Roller extreme wherein everyone becomes a busybody Church Lady, and I can't play some low-stakes poker without some hairshirt scold lecturing me about it?

[mabelkitty]

I'm thinkin' some libs were sent over to disrupt.

[Ichneumon]

But, in rejecting that extreme, are we necessarily forced to the Holy Roller extreme wherein everyone becomes a busybody Church Lady, and I can't play some low-stakes poker without some hairshirt scold lecturing me about it?

The following is one of the most thought-provoking books I've found on the topic. Note that the link isn't just to a sales pitch for the book, IT'S THE ENTIRE BOOK itself, available for free online. The author (the late Peter McWilliams) generously believed that "Created stuff is meant to be shared", and he made all of his books, on many varied subjects, (even the ones which were currently in print at the time) available free on his website. He died on June 14, 2000, in a rather poignant and ironic manner. Even William F. Buckley Jr. wrote a eulogy for him.

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