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Thoughts and insights about life. Philosophy. Sociology. Politics. How to live life and get the most out of it.

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The world is changed by your example not your opinion.

Paulo Coelho de Souza, a Brazilian lyricist and novelist

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It is far better to light the candle than to curse the darkness.

William L. Watkinson

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Christians that justify their decisions or actions by using a single sentence, phrase, or word from the Bible are often guilty of ignoring the essence of the message via intentional ignorance or a desire for misdirection to justify their actions. A closely related approach is when the reader interprets the importance of a Bible passage grossly out of proportion to the overall message as a justification.

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Turkish proverb:

When the axe came into the Forest, the trees said, The handle is one of us.

A modernized version:

The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them.

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by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, 2 Dec 1854

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Half a league half a league
Half a league onward
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred:
'Forward the Light Brigade
Charge for the guns' he said
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred

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For some time now, I've been making the point to a few close friends and family members that the country is headed for a civil event (if not a war then at least a break up of states into independent countries.) For me, it's time to create an outpost outside the USA1. The outline of my thought process is as follows:

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A recent sign read at a rally:

we said → black lives matter
never said → only black lives matter
we know → all lives matter

we just need your help with black lives matter for black lives are in danger

Agree or disagree this seems to sum up the perspective thoughtful protesters are trying to communicate in very few words. Elegant.