Your statements defined precisely why the shades of gray are so wide. You speak of speed limits, but speed limits are black and white in a world of color. A comfortable speed for one driver may be excessive for another. I may easily be able to drive 75 mph on one road while the little old lady gets nervous driving beyond 45 mph. And what of the day the limit changes. Yesterday the legal limit was 55 mph on road X. The people pulled over by the cops were told, "we are just trying to keep you safe." Today, a new limit went into effect, and the legal limit is now 70 mph on the same road X. This now begs the question, "which one was/is the safe speed?" Were they lying before; is it all a farce? Doing the right thing is not easy because it's all relative to the perspective, and therein lies the problem. You quoted the "gray area" of, "I only stole a little money." If your pockets are lined, and you have plenty, then the petty theft would certainly be wrong. But what of the thief who steals in the name of survival? His pockets are empty, he has nothing, and he hasn't eaten in days. Now what? Is it still wrong? It depends upon who you are: the thief (right) or the one from whom he stole (wrong). It would be nice if everything were clear-cut and simple, but then that would mean we all think the same way. Life would be dull, and we would all be clones. Btw, what's a tan age driver? GK Sam MacDonald wrote: > Do the right thing, be helpful, be positive, have good intentions. > > Don't play god, don't feel you have the right to act just because you > can, don't do evil things for fun. > > How difficult is this to understand. > > As a society we've let the "gray area" become much to wide. I only > stole a little money, I only lied a little bit, I only hit him once, I > only raped her once, I only shot him once. Criminal behavior is > criminal behavior, end of story. ... > Lets say my son is riding his new bike around the neighborhood, a tan > age driver, driving at 2 times the speed limit (that would be 50 mph), > hits and kills my son. Do I have the right to go ... > better hope the police get him before I do. Do the right thing follow > the speed limit so you don't kill my son. > > Sam > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list