tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post7337309413788629757..comments2023-04-06T02:30:06.988-07:00Comments on Torrent of Consciousness: Balance, By ExampleMelanie Boxallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-46044186998087426682013-02-13T08:37:31.717-08:002013-02-13T08:37:31.717-08:00I have a theory that nothing worth doing is easy. ...I have a theory that nothing worth doing is easy. I also think it's impossible to get everyone to agree on anything whatsoever. So I put my effort onto encouraging people to compromise the very best they can, and that's hard, but I think it's worth it. Melanie Boxallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-35180193036422874072013-02-13T07:43:24.811-08:002013-02-13T07:43:24.811-08:00Balance is an elusive chimera. Most people agree ...Balance is an elusive chimera. Most people agree that murder should not be tolerated. One major group feels that an abortion is murder. Another group feels that you cannot murder a fetus. What is a balanced position? The balance point becomes a debate as to when a fetus becomes viable, and both factions pure understanding of the term murder is compromised.<br /><br />Man cannot live under pure law because we neither have a vocabulary for it, nor the wisdom to understand it if we did.<br /><br />"Thou shall not kill!"<br />"Well, what if I am attacked by a violent person?"<br />"You may defend yourself from attack."<br />"May I kill to defend myself?"<br />"You may only kill to stop an attack if your life is in danger."<br />"What may I do if my life is not in danger, but I am still attacked?"<br />"Your response has to be proportionate to the attack."<br />"What if I can't determine my attacker's ability to kill me?"<br /><br />I could carry this Q&A out for eternity, and still not address the pure law. Our courts do just that as well, and another's balance becomes my oppression.<br /><br />e.g. I look at my ownership of weapons as a right and a necessity in keeping my family safe as possible. Another says my governor grants my rights, and I have only his given methods to protect my family and treasures.<br /><br />If we have peace on this earth, it is because both of the balance may utterly destroy each other. Assuming, of course, your definition of peace is the absence of war.<br />Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07493124608906990993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-35134754607961207992013-02-13T06:30:24.167-08:002013-02-13T06:30:24.167-08:00My angle on the whole violence/gun thing is that w...My angle on the whole violence/gun thing is that whatever the solution is, it's about time we found it. This is the 21st century, there is no excuse. The only thing stopping us from fixing it is lack of effort. Ultimately, somebody is benefitting, somehow, from leaving things be.Melanie Boxallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-51846224004263738482013-02-13T06:26:59.595-08:002013-02-13T06:26:59.595-08:00News reporters seem to be getting more careful in ...News reporters seem to be getting more careful in their old age!Melanie Boxallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-82694118837496130442013-02-13T06:25:51.250-08:002013-02-13T06:25:51.250-08:00Does it even exist? So many views are mutually exc...Does it even exist? So many views are mutually exclusive. Perhaps that's the point, it's dynamic, not fixed. Melanie Boxallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-77550810814673274222013-02-13T06:24:38.247-08:002013-02-13T06:24:38.247-08:00That's a very interesting angle, the separatio...That's a very interesting angle, the separation that is true sin. I like that. Melanie Boxallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-57599113073424385742013-02-13T06:22:20.379-08:002013-02-13T06:22:20.379-08:00First an unbalanced comment. Last night at bedti...First an unbalanced comment. Last night at bedtime most new stations were reporting "Fox News reports the fugitive's charred body was found" I was wondering if that was meaning we should not believe it or what. <br />I am a fence-sitter, devils advocate person much of the time. With Mr. Dorner I see where he wasn't truly evil and I can see where he got to the point he was at. I don't know the whole fact of his past. Perhaps what he said was true or perhaps he only made himself believe it was true so he could be right in his mind. I also do not condone what he did. It was wrong and no matter how wronged he was what he did can never be right. wantonbanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16353930730534950929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-65870599198172066492013-02-13T06:22:01.038-08:002013-02-13T06:22:01.038-08:00I think often people are of the opinion that unles...I think often people are of the opinion that unless one choses a clear side of the fence to stand on they don't get to be part of the discussion. <br />There are some issues of course where there is no room for debate. You are either for or against. But most issues have room for compromise, debate, discussion. <br />I find myself asking of late "Is this the hill I want to stand on and crack on the old helmet and shield for?" <br /><br />Violence is my battle ground now. I am absolutely sick to death of violence. Violence against women and children. Rape of women, murder of children... in their schools no less, bullying amongst children, inequity within the laws for gays and lesbians which breeds prejudice and violence.<br /><br /> Although I have chosen the war I recognize there is much room for discussion and debate. <br />Anti gun laws, new and better justice, more funding into mental health programs to rise women up and out of domestic violence, shelters.<br />There are people who do not agree with my version of justice They disagree with same sex marriage laws and my wish to see gun laws in the United States, more money into Mental Health programs. Some consider it against their rights, the laws of nature and a waste of funding.<br />If the balance could be found.....<br />NorthoftheLightshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13377813632018313640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-58106060948425678922013-02-13T06:21:13.819-08:002013-02-13T06:21:13.819-08:00Oh, I should have copied my comment before signing...Oh, I should have copied my comment before signing in. :( Anyway--<br /><br />Like you, I am also a big fan of balance, for all the many examples you have cited here. In fact, I will take it another step and say that (to me, in a religious/spiritual/philosophical sense)this separation into duality and extreme could be the "original sin" mentioned in what keeps us from realizing our oneness with our Source (however we perceive that to be) and each other.<br /><br />When we think about life as being inclusive and embracing it All (large/small, positive/negative, etc.), we do best to reside in the center point of all possibility.<br /><br />I'll do my best to check back on the conversation. ;) ~ Blessings!Kathy Custrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687890338800680972noreply@blogger.com