. . .
K “That description about captures it.”
J “Catchy too.”
. . .
K “Obsequious to those in power.”
J “Sycophantic to those above them.”
. . .
K “Never took a stand.”
J “Never joined a sit-in.”
. . .
K “Their biography reads: ‘Born – Consumed – Died.’”
J “Or ‘Amassed credentials and lucre. Never really did anything of substance or permanence.’”
. . .
[See the e-commentary at Fight Or Flight In The Face Of Fear? A Principled Reaction To Stand (November 30, 2020) and “If I Get Diagnosed With Stage 4 Cancer . . . .” (December 13, 2021).]
Bumper stickers of the week:
Born – Consumed – Died
Make waves
If you stay silent and fail to rock the boat in this war between good and evil, your life might be easier, but your children’s won’t.
Conformity is doing what everyone else is doing regardless of what is right; Morality is doing what is right regardless of what everyone else is doing.
It is remarkable how many people believe themselves intellectually superior for repeating what authority tells them. It is also remarkable how school is structured to reward students for repeating what authority tells them. I wonder if there is a connection?
There was a very cautious man
Who never laughed or played
He never risked, he never tried.
He never sang or prayed.
And when he one day passed away
His insurance was denied,
For since he never really lived,
They claimed he never really died.
(Anonymous poem)
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