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Some years ago a certain bumper sticker was popular among those opposed to the policies of the Bush Administration.  It read, “If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.”  Such a statement spoke to the frustrations of millions of Americans who, seeing their government act in absolute opposition to their wishes, without even paying attention to their protests, felt a volcanic sense of outrage.  I would imagine that members of the Tea Party movement feel much the same way now, in reaction to the policies of the Obama Administration. While moral outrage at perceived injustice is both understandable and certainly justified, the idea that anger alone is necessary to enact meaningful change is a dangerous and pernicious lie. Rage is a potent but limited tool.  It works marvelously to mobilize masses, directing them to tear down old and decadent edifices of a rotten society, yet it is wholly inadequate to build anything else up afterward. Consider for a moment the nature of... Read the rest of this entry »

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I offended a guy yesterday pretty bad and am still confused as to how. We’d been txting and calling on and off for about a month and a half. Only once or twice a week and he was extremely busy with school so we were having a hard time finding a time to actually meet in person for the first time. I met him online and he seemed like a nice guy, but within the first couple dates I like to know if the guys I’m dating are temple worthy. It’s important for me to know since if I were to get serious with a guy, he’d have to be. I plan on getting married in the temple someday. Online dating makes it easier most the time since a profile will say right up front if the guy I’m looking at is or not. However, his profile did not. So yesterday, since we’d been having so much trouble meeting and even getting a hold of each other, I decided to just ask him straight out what I was wondering. I asked him if he was temple worthy, and this is basically the txt I got back: “You... Read the rest of this entry »

I offended a guy yesterday pretty bad and am still confused as to how. We’d been txting and calling on and off for about a month and a half. Only once or twice a week and he was extremely busy with school so we were having a hard time finding a time to actually meet in person for the first time. I met him online and he seemed like a nice guy, but within the first couple dates I like to know if the guys I’m dating are temple worthy. It’s important for me to know since if I were to get serious with a guy, he’d have to be. I plan on getting married in the temple someday. Online dating makes it easier most the time since a profile will say right up front if the guy I’m looking at is or not. However, his profile did not. So yesterday, since we’d been having so much trouble meeting and even getting a hold of each other, I decided to just ask him straight out what I was wondering. I asked him if he was temple worthy, and this is basically the txt I got back: “You... Read the rest of this entry »