tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23768728.post3941014144611185889..comments2023-11-05T07:32:07.024-05:00Comments on life's journey: ebbs and flowsbilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16206096509976316141noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23768728.post-18060945492871165022009-03-05T21:15:00.000-05:002009-03-05T21:15:00.000-05:00This is so true: the more we focus on getting far ...This is so true: the more we focus on getting far from ego-centricity the more self-centred we become ...<BR/><BR/>I think true self-centrics are those who are not in search of themselves; or at least do not make a public spectacle of it!<BR/><BR/>I am not so sure about "we have a choice" idea; I am not sure we have a choice really; we are born within a set of limitations and constraints, we are chained by them for life; the only choice that we have is to find a path that allows us move and we move and gravitate towards that which is closer to our nature. Decision making is not something that happens in the head; it happens in genes it happens in the body, it happens in hormones ... things like education and culture cloak us, yes and inform our choices within our sets of constraints ...<BR/><BR/>dunno just some grayzone discussion :)Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23768728.post-14831850256803457122009-03-05T17:56:00.000-05:002009-03-05T17:56:00.000-05:00Prop 8 and gay rightsThe Constitution does say tha...Prop 8 and gay rights<BR/><BR/>The Constitution does say that those rights not enumerated in the Constitution would be left to the states to decide, but that is not a process to legalize discrimination.<BR/><BR/>We have learned over the centuries that our laws have unjustly left out protection for some of our citizens.<BR/><BR/>Some would like to describe these legal oversights as intentional and defining, as so against our morals, to justify discrimination against a minority that a majority deems as immoral.<BR/><BR/>The founding fathers set up a system that could be amended, in hopes that future generations could improve and prefect the system they started.<BR/><BR/>The issues (could you imagine compromising on slavery to get the government started) of peoples rights has been a constant growing tolerant, inclusive process. We have learned and agreed that people once denied certain rights, were denied because of our Puritan, illogical biases, not on logical, well thought out law. So we made logical changes to our laws, to meet the morality of our basic claim, that all are created equal.<BR/><BR/>This is another step in correcting our oversight in another bias. Inclusion and tolerance, is our morality, not perpetuating an illogical fear of a perceived immorality.<BR/><BR/>If some want to believe that gays are immoral, that is their (uneducated) right, but the Constitution should be the document to suppress their illogical discrimination. If that means we have to change the Constitution, then lets get started.Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09474837430855732529noreply@blogger.com