tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486390395644579022.post5649159319380835036..comments2020-01-16T14:24:54.513+03:00Comments on Youthful Follies: Common Human Decencyvacuus viatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511253135488142808noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486390395644579022.post-48642637264830700432012-06-30T22:43:10.288+03:002012-06-30T22:43:10.288+03:00Right. External pressures for arbitrary conformit...Right. External pressures for arbitrary conformity (the Hinckley--Bednar earring complex) produces infantilized adults.<br /><br />A case study in lucky fools: consider how Mormons love to point to their mission and say that all the good in their life came from it. Of course it did---they live in a culture that privileges and values that experience. If you were a Muslim and memorized the Quran, you'd be an honored scholar; if you were a Quaker and had done the same thing, it'd be mostly irrelevant.terradisiennanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486390395644579022.post-52247947804118709062012-06-29T21:26:19.514+03:002012-06-29T21:26:19.514+03:00And as for airports, I am coming to a place where ...And as for airports, I am coming to a place where I view them as another luxury I would rather avoid. If you don't have to fly, why on earth would you subject yourself to that? Maybe at some future date they will just strip all the passengers nude, anesthetize them, put them in straitjackets, and pack them efficiently into a cargohold -- to be woken up whenever they arrive at their destination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486390395644579022.post-22216963379763694932012-06-29T21:21:55.212+03:002012-06-29T21:21:55.212+03:00I agree about the necessity of communication. Som...I agree about the necessity of communication. Sometimes, the nature of our reality changes, and we have to change the chalk circles we have drawn around ourselves. That can be done openly, amicably, honestly, and respectfully. Joseph did not have to slink around without telling Emma what he was really up to. He should have squared with her (and the whole community).<br /><br />Live with your identity, by all means, but don't make that identity depend on other people taking you for something you are not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486390395644579022.post-72526280412120726092012-06-29T20:05:51.812+03:002012-06-29T20:05:51.812+03:00And if you walk into the security line at the airp...And if you walk into the security line at the airport and get groped without your consent, it's your own damn fault for entering a public space, anymore.<br /><br />You bring up fidelity: ``It means that if I promise not to drink, or have sex, or leave a chalk circle I have drawn around my feet, I will abide by that promise.''<br /><br />What bugs me about the `chalk circle' approach to honor and morality is that it teaches that there is never a reason to reevaluate a decision made when you were younger and had less information. I'm not advocating breaking your word flagrantly or anything, but isn't there a place for rational behavior even if it belies past decisions? Even the D&C points out that there really is no such thing as a `covenant breaker'---if the covenant is not kept, it is simply null and void, as if it had never been made. It seems to me that honesty is less a matter of immutability and more a concern of communicating your views and aims clearly to the people you love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com