tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post2710753730213418082..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: A World Without HonorFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-34299470922959880302020-11-14T09:18:50.952-05:002020-11-14T09:18:50.952-05:00@Linda:
"If it feels good, do it" - was...@Linda:<br /><br />"If it feels good, do it" - wasn't that the motto?NITZAKHONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110716447757507226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-9523024601895761512020-11-14T08:33:32.452-05:002020-11-14T08:33:32.452-05:00I was just trying to talk with my older kid about ...I was just trying to talk with my older kid about honor. They had asked about my "bucket list" and one of the listed items was to visit and tour Japan. I've been a Japanophile for decades, and - long story cut short - while in graduate school applied to spend a summer as an exchange researcher (politics and favoritism cut that possibility out*).<br /><br />Anyway, I was describing a picture of a person on the subway, suitcase in front of them with their WALLET and PHONE on it... and them completely asleep in the seat. I said that was a HIGH TRUST society and that it was probably one of the few places on earth where a person could fall asleep with those items exposed and expect them to still be there upon awakening. (Regretfully, I cannot include Israel on that list - at least as blanket statement; certainly not the USA!)<br /><br />I teach my kids that we keep promises. That to have, and be known for having, a Word is one of the most important things we can possess.<br /><br /><br />* If anyone wants to hear the tale of woe, post a comment at my blog and I'll reply with the whole sordid story. Unless our gracious host would like to hear it too.NITZAKHONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110716447757507226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-25092892313994503972020-11-14T06:55:56.961-05:002020-11-14T06:55:56.961-05:00Almost all men are honorable; the few that are not...Almost all men are honorable; the few that are not, except for politicians, are the local communities' problem. In communities that tolerate dishonorable men, life is hard. Many of those communities are female-dominated.<br /><br />A not-small percentage of women are dishonorable; not merely in sexual conduct, although that is often an indicator of their lack of honor. But, willing to lie, cheat, and steal for their own benefit, or that of their children.<br /><br />This is an ancient tactic of women; only strong sanctions against those women violating norms of honor will keep it in check. Women are prone to use tears to get sympathy for their own failures of honors:<br />- They were misled by a man<br />- It was 'for the children'<br />- It didn't count because they NEEDED the results to be different, so their perfidy didn't count<br />- The 'system' was rigged against them, so cheating wasn't wrong<br /><br />The group shunning of women transgressing honorable norms USED to keep those women, generally, in check; similarly, men enforced group norms, as well (Cal Cunningham's defeat in his race for the Senate shows this; when word got out about his sexual activity with the wife of another soldier - one under his command - he was TOAST).<br /><br />Popular media is all about "the feelz", not about the natural consequences of dishonorable choices. About the only good thing about the near-complete collapse of Hollywood and other media is that these influences may be lessened for the next generation.Linda Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024201252345608291noreply@blogger.com