Hey Hank: If you go to the "philosophy" section of this blog, there is a guy named Moderateman who asked nearly the same question. Go and see the replies he's received so far. Maybe you'll get your answer there.
I don't want to argue semantics, but "over thinking a simple question" is only possible when the question IS a simple one, which yours doesn't seem to be. You seem to be saying that killing someone is just a matter of answering a "simple" question, which, if you have a son/daugher in law enforcement, and ask them, they'll tell you that it's never simple. By the way, your original question was about terrorism, but you wrote about "that Idaho molester"
There are as many answers to your question as there are humans on the planet. Everybody has a reason for saying they would or wouldn't. From what I've read, everybody's ducking the spiritual side of the question. If you hold someone's life in your hands, then who holds yours? If you choose to take that life, then who'll take yours? Everything you say, think and do has a reaction and an effect on your life somehow. I'm not opening the Bible here,
Every time you "take it" and do nothing you're giving a small piece of your self esteem away. When you're right, stand your ground. When you're wrong, be the adult and say " I know that was wrong, and this is what I'll do from now on to correct it." If they don't take their teeth out of you after that, they're not superiors, or even equals. They're less than the dirt under your fingernails after a day of gardening. It becomes self aggrandizing on
As I read the replies that other bloggers had about death and dying, it occured to me that I've been in the middle of a death tornado since I was 14. I know a lot about how people die, what kills them (no, it isn't me), and how the remaining living cope with it. Right now, I'm under the influence of a healthy dose of Lortab, because I had a headache that threatened to blow the top of my head off. All this was brought on by my sister, a stage 4 cance
The trouble with e-bay is that even if the buyer gets EXACTLY what the seller described, they can say anything they want about it or the seller after the fact. What if the guy had wrecked it? Would that be your fault? NO! But I wouldn't be surprised if you saw a bad review because "the car couldn't even withstand a simple 100 mph crash!" It's up to the buyer to decide if bad reviews are a cause for concern. It only goes to prove that if you want something bad enough, that's what you'll end u
I was raised by professional alcoholics who rarely told me anything positive. Neither was my "buddy" or "parent." When I was 14 I got to watch most of my family die in a fire started by my mother's cigarette, which fell into the cushion of the chair she fell asleep on after having one too many beers. My dad survived, albeit damaged, but he immediately stopped smoking and cut his drinking by two-thirds. Then he tried to be a parent to me and my sister, whom I pulled out of a window. It was jus
This blogging stuff is new to me, so maybe I'm a "newbie" who hasn't gone thru all the ropes yet. Anyway, it seems to me that people can write their life story on a blog and post it without their moms, little sisters or anyone else peeking into their dressers and finding it. Trouble is, the ones who DO find it can be more destructive to the psyche than any family member because they're analyzing it from an impersonal perspective and can only be objective. Hurling your opinion at someone you've
I couldn't believe it. I typed in my last name in Google just for kicks and saw all these references to "blogs" which I admittedly hardly understand. Then, I get to a website called "joeuser.com - blogs from the average joe" and I KNEW I had to join. Blog is a term the Aussies use to describe a regular guy - just another "Joe Blow" which I have been called on numerous occasions. I'm just wondering: who came up with this name?
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