From stmx3:
OK...Who around here left the ladder by the moral pedestal?


I'd also like to make a comment about morals and ladders...

I don't criticize people for their efforts in climbing moral ladders.
I congratulate them. Striving to improve the ideals we uphold and
choose to incorporate into our lives is an endeavor that I see as
worthy.

If we see someone to be climbing in an errant direction, I don't want
them to stop climbing. I want them to continue climbing, but
reevaluate their vector. I happen to admire Pete's efforts toward
legislation to improve society. That's not to say whether I agree
with the direction. In either case, I admire his effort.


But who defines what that errant direction is? Do you? If not, why
do they need to "reevaluate their vector"?

I do. You do. They do. We all make our own judgements.

I posted my evaluation on a particular subject. You posted your
evaluation on my evaluation. Who are you to judge me? You are a
freethinking person.

You have not imposed your judgement onto me. I have not imposed my
judgement onto anyone else. We have both expressed our views without
being oppressive.

Why do they need to reevaluate after learning that their direction is
seen to be in error? They only need to if they see a need to.
(Otherwise it is only the others who are in need.)

In which direction does your moral compass point? Obviously not in
the same direction as Pete Knight's. Yet you would posthumously
"radio a vector to him", presumably to land on your moral airstrip.

Please be clear that the criticism I posted had nothing to do with
whether or not my moral compass is aligned differently from his. I
could be in total agreement with Pete's beliefs on homosexuality. I
could be in total support of legislation that he pushed...

I *still* focus on his decision to cut off communications with his
son. That is not a method that I support (though you may feel
differently).

And I must wonder...

How many thousands of little rejections did young David Knight get
from his father when growing up, and did those rejections influence
his decision to seek love from other males later in life...

What difference does it make if one heads N and another NNW, when
their paths don't cross? Or was yours a general informational
airman's notice: "Hey, ya'll...I'm aheadin' North. Now don't ya'll
come 'twixt me an' mah destiny, cause then I'm gonna have to be
admirin' you while I turn ya back on course!"

I hope you can see that I'm not telling you which way to go. I'm just
saying, "Keep your compass to yourself."

You are offering a correction for me to use as I see fit. Perhaps
that is not so qualitatively different from me offering a vector to
those who may be in Pete's previous situation.


~ CT