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Old 03-21-2007, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Dee8go View Post
It's a typical response to a particular problem. Instead of treating people as individuals and in the same way we'd like them to treat us (Golden Rule says it all), we are overreacting to yet another problem in society. I'm not going to feel sorry for who I am just because somebody else is being mistreated. It won't do either one of us any good..
There was something on the History Channel about the Ten Commandments.

Their final conclusion was that even if you don't look at the TC as a divinely inspired religious document, it is still a pretty darned good guide for living a productive, harmonious life.

So the Golden Rule is still a good guide.

Of course, there is that *other* Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules.
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