I'm feeling very biblical tonight. I thought I might try to put some things in some sort of perspective. I do have a point, but if I drink a few beers while writing this I might very well forget what that point is.
You be the judge.
Also: This is a New and Improved diary, with free pootie pics! Just because.
How many of the 10 Commandments have you broken? Yes, you. The dude sitting in his underpants blogging this fine Thursday evening instead of going out on a date, for a walk, to see Shrek the Third (not bad, BTW), or whatever.
Yes, I dare to ask: how many of these have you personally broken:
- You shall have no other gods but me.
- You shall not make unto you any graven images.
- You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
- You shall remember the Sabbath and keep it Holy.
- Honor your mother and father.
- You shall not kill.
- You shall not commit adultery.
- You shall not steal.
- You shall not bear false witness.
- You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.
# Disclaimer: yes, I know there are three versions (at least) of these, and that there is some dispute over whether #6 (or 5, or 7) says 'kill' or 'murder'. Whatever.
What do I think about the travesty of a vote today? I saw the legislative bodiy of the most powerful country on earth vote to continue breaking two of these very commandments that so many people claim our legal codes are founded on. And the most important two, I might add. Any way I look at this, it's murder for oil, theft at gunpoint. And it's going to continue for at least another year. Merry fucking Christmas.
That's my point, and I'm sticking to it. Sometimes you need to stop triangulating, playing politics with people's lives (whether they be brown people or not), and just do the right thing.