But here's the point, I guess. There's a certain philosophy afoot in our country that says "F$ck that lady. She was irresponsible."
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"Might even teach her a lesson about how to run her business or her life! Keep it!" It's a politics of personal selfishness. "Me first!"
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And here's why I don't subscribe to it: because doing the right thing means taking care of each other. When you can. Even in small ways.
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It's called being a community, a nation. It's one of the things that makes us better than a pack of feral cats.
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@tomlommel So I'm a practicing Buddhist, and one thing we've got are precepts, which are kind of like commandments, except... (1/5)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@tomlommel except they're not "thou shalt" but rather "Acting like this will help your meditation practice bear fruit." (2/5)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@tomlommel And reading your story I realized how helpful it is to have firm guidelines that your whole community believes in. (3/5)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@tomlommel (In this case: "I resolve not to take that which is not freely given.") Which is, I guess, what you're saying too, but (4/5)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@tomlommel but that particular part struck a chord with me, I guess? (5/5)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@tomlommel that second bit is a big one!
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