Comments on: Important http://shootthemoose.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/important/ Smart is easy. Good is Hard. Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:34:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: nm http://shootthemoose.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/important/#comment-9596 nm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:22:21 +0000 http://shootthemoose.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/important/#comment-9596 Subsequent generations seem to be able to forgive their ancestors for making all sorts of wrong choices, even while understanding that the choices were very, very wrong and harmful. "They did the best they knew how" covers a lot of sins and mistakes. Not that we don't need to try as hard as we can to get things right, but don't go beating yourself up in advance that way, Slarti. Subsequent generations seem to be able to forgive their ancestors for making all sorts of wrong choices, even while understanding that the choices were very, very wrong and harmful. “They did the best they knew how” covers a lot of sins and mistakes. Not that we don’t need to try as hard as we can to get things right, but don’t go beating yourself up in advance that way, Slarti.

]]> By: dolphin http://shootthemoose.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/important/#comment-9595 dolphin Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:29:22 +0000 http://shootthemoose.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/important/#comment-9595 For better or worse though, I'm not sure the election will have much of an impact on any of the things you mention. We may live in dire times, but it's going to take more than a new President to change things, and I feel for whoever gets elected because he's going to take alot of the blame when things don't change, and most of it is not going to be his fault. (This coming from someone who definitely has strong feelings about who should be the next president, but I also try to realize that the absolute biggest issues facing the nation, and the world, aren't really in the President's hands.) For better or worse though, I’m not sure the election will have much of an impact on any of the things you mention.

We may live in dire times, but it’s going to take more than a new President to change things, and I feel for whoever gets elected because he’s going to take alot of the blame when things don’t change, and most of it is not going to be his fault.

(This coming from someone who definitely has strong feelings about who should be the next president, but I also try to realize that the absolute biggest issues facing the nation, and the world, aren’t really in the President’s hands.)

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