Category: Ethics
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Guilt
Guilt Guilt like ‘sin’Inventions of societyOf human minds NOT spiritual truthNor mandated by any godWhatever you perceive it be Merely human inventionsJust like the restOf human society –LE Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was non-existent. It is…
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The Present
The Present Past and future are illusions.They exist only in the present,which is what there isand all there is. – Alan Watts
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Good Intentions
Good Intentions Pavers on Hell’s roadSo they sayGood intentionsAnd righteous dismay Not bad, nor evil per seJust subjective likeWould’a, should’a, could’aWith no there, there Kinetic energy, coiled But no place to goNo physical releaseJust greased potential Most actions are reactivePlanned and controlled onesSeldom grantedIntention vastly overrated –LE
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Saturday Morning Ride
Saturday Morning Ride In Early May pristine, May, cloudless skyriding south through long shadowscrisp, clean lineslike quick reference pointsif one knew how to read themthe sun sitting at 10 o’clockoff the eastern horizon the path was crowded todaybikies, runners, walker, and joggersweekend warriors out on displaytrying to squeeze thirty milesinto 2 or three hoursif their…
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Words Have Power, Are Magical
Yes, words have emmense power and are magical, the spells, the incantations, the plots, the cajoling praise, the intentional behind the scenes machinations, that ultimately helped generate sapiens rise. Words Are Power, Are Magic all words have power whenspoken or written in context Latin or other ancient tonguesare not required only used to confuse andexclude…
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Save Our VA Tucson Protest 5/8/26
Four of us anchored the line outside the Ajo gate of the Tucson VA from 6:20am – 8:15am for the morning shift change. The response rate was about the same as it has been for the last few weeks, from 85%-90%. Was only able to pick out a couple of head shakes, ‘no’, one ‘flipped…
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Slower Than Guns
Artists of the time were warning us of the toxic wasteland we were creating even back when Motown and pysodelic music were the rage, when Disco was beginning its rise. This song aired in 1970. Slower Than Gunsby Iron Butterfly Can you feel the manmade mistAs it starts to twist your lungs?Slower than guns Breathe…
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The Road
The Road NeverendingTransformingFrom 12 lane highwayTo barely visible dirt pathBut neverending Runs throughThe countrysideVillages, towns, and metro-climesAnd back again Filled with wayfarersBound for who knows where Like the oneExtending throughAll sentient lifeRoots, trunk, limbs, and twigsConnecting us to the Universe We are all but wayfarersAnd most, unaware, on The road –LE – 4/30/26 PS: To…
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Morning Ride On Cinco De Mayo
Morning Ride On Cinco De Mayo the gentle, penetrating overnight rainfinally ended just after sunrise heavy clouds kept the humidity highwhile the air was chill for my three hour ride standing water dappled the washesand riverbed, gullying in one edge or the otherand the trees and shrubs wereiridescent in vibrant shades of greenwhile new Brittlebush…
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The Kent State Massacre, 56 Years Ago Today
56 years ago today, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on college students at Kent State University, Ohio, protesting Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia. They murdered 4 and injured 9 or 10 other students. This was not the only incident of governments in the US using military personnel to intimidate and ultimately kill people exersizing their…
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