tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post8068037075189334988..comments2024-02-24T18:30:26.749-07:00Comments on prairiemary: GHOSTS OF THE PASTUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-49293543175571848742009-06-19T06:37:09.312-06:002009-06-19T06:37:09.312-06:00PS. The reality-altering gatekeeping of small (and...PS. The reality-altering gatekeeping of small (and not-so-small) powerbrokers is a hoot and just as wrong as being a Pretendian. Not so different the self-justifiers and liars of small town (or rez) gatekeepers and the self-justifiers and liars of Wall Street. <br /><br />Oh yeah, I forgot about situational morality... the same EXACT thing is wrong if YOU (or people I dislike) do it, but justifiable if I (or the people I like) do it. Sort of like how poor people on foodstamps are despised for being on welfare, while ranchers who enjoy government agriculture and grazing subsidies (aka welfare) are pillars of the community. I keep forgetting how this works!Lance M. Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17404310713482611952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-22581688865117508932009-06-19T06:30:15.037-06:002009-06-19T06:30:15.037-06:00It was wrong, fraud, and a lie for Barrus to prete...It was wrong, fraud, and a lie for Barrus to pretend to be something he wasn't. But if the only way you could come up with money to get medical treatment was to commit a lie and a fraud...well, it would be a dilemma, wouldn't it. The balance of one's integrity vs the ability to walk and be healthy. But then many folks are armchair moralists, saying they would or would never do such-and-such if they were in a similar situation. We never really know unless we are in the actual situation ourselves. Not really. Not really.<br /><br />See, one must be honest about such things. Really, deeply honest. Lying is always wrong. It is an evil in most traditional societies worldwide...except to one's enemies many of them. Sometimes lying becomes necessary to prevent a greater evil. Would you tell a killer where your friend was? The choice is between lying or your friend dying.<br /><br />IF one had the ability to get terminal cancer treatment for your wife or husband or child or self that you could not afford otherwise because you had no health insurance, but writing a lie under an assumed identity...would you do it? Ahh, that's the fun part isn't it?Lance M. Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17404310713482611952noreply@blogger.com