I learned that the use of should, ought to, must is a clear path to irrational thinking. Even if unspoken, those words come through. For example, “a woman’s word must take precedence over innoicent until proven guilty.
I have found myself wrong many times because I listened to the prevailing stories of public opinion as described by the media. It seems clear that the violation of certain rules validates my point.
Harvey Weinstein was a known commodity of power abuse and those many who knew this said nothing. Because they wanted their share of POWER, Their part of the limelight, their share of money.
There are things in common with all human beings, no matter the culture or the country or the race. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Look at the countries of Cuba, Venezuela,North Korea.
There may be things that we all can agree on (of course there are people who will not agree possibly because they are implicated). Let’s start with 1. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Can we agree tghat this is a human trait that seems to play out in many cultures. Whether in Europe, Asia, North America or South America we see this characteristic routinely. Not just in politics but in the school yard, in the education system, in the courts.
Money and sex are boths a goal and a means to power. Read thgat again. We might agree that money and sex are goals in human activity. Even reporting on money and sex leads to money and power. We might agree on that as well.
Maybe we can agree that murder is bad. ( I will exclude war and abortion so we can get to the agreement faster. Although if a gun toting group of Amish came storming over the hill with scalps, I might say self defense is called for.). Let’s agree that murder is immoral as well. Let’s throw in stealing, lying, and rape. (I withhold some other things because they bring about irrational thinking.)
Let us also agree that being moral is good. By good I mean that to be something we would like others to possess and believe in. Ig 9 out of 10 people agree that child molestation is good then the remaining person is moral. Got that. Can we agree on that?
So if you are vying for a lifelong dream to be in Hollywood and you can get the part by engaging in sex with someone in a position of power and you use that as an opportunity then you are engaging in an immoral act. If you say nothing then you are accepting this behavior. If you come out with it after you receive the benefits, you are a coward who was immoral.
Sorry, but morality is not relative. It is wrong at the time not years later. Years later it is a publicity stunt. How can I say that? I went through Country Walk, I saw what happened at Duke University’s LaCrosse program, I saw Al Sharpton turn a crowd in favor of a lying woman. I also saw the media feed these issues.
The Judge Moore issue is relying on a 40 year old memory of a 14 year old child. When my daughter was 14 she came home from school and said she was bisexual (she laughs niw, but she really believed it at the time) So the rule trhat seems to conflict with innocent until proven guilty is the new mantra that a woman must be believed. There is that word must./