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Eichmann’s Finale
For some crimes there is never enough justice. That Eichmann attempted to make the case that simply following orders somehow exonerated his deeds has always struck me as horrific. Eichmann’s Finale by Michael Romani Shattered echoes fill the mind … Continue reading
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Tagged Banality, Blowback, Butcher's Knife, Cost, Crimes Against Humanity, Death, Denial, Echoes, Eichmann, Evil, Exoneration, Finale, Hatred, History, Identity, Inhumanity, Justice, Karma, Lessons, Lost, Orders, Payback, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Restitution, Retribution, Sanity, Simplicity, Trauma, Trial, Truth
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First Principles: The Necessity of Any Government Is A Misfortune
“It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune.” – James Madison, 1833
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Tagged Abuse, Essence, Evil, First Principles, Government, Human Hands, James Madison, Liable, Misfortune, Necessity, Power
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Dystopian Masses
Looking at the headlines on my homepage, it sure seems the world is increasingly a dark place with too much wrongfulness going on. In part, this was written in reply to what seems to happening. Dystopian Masses by Michael Romani … Continue reading
First Principles: Liberty Is Sacred When Rightly Understood
“Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. Justly understood it is sacred next to those which we appropriate in divine adoration; but in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Comprehension, Divine, Evil, First Principles, Good, Liberty, Oliver Ellsworth, Perspective, Society
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Thought For the Day: The Longest Day Must Have Its Close
“The longest day must have its close — the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning. An eternal, inexorable lapse of moments is ever hurrying the day of the evil to an eternal night, and the night of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Close, Day, Eternal, Evil, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Just, Morning, Night, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Evil Is Powerless If the Good Are Unafraid
“Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.” – Ronald Reagan
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Tagged Conscience, Evil, Good, Powerless, Ronald Reagan, Thought For the Day, Unafraid
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Thought For the Day: A Person May Harm Others Equally Through Action Or Inaction and Is Just As Culpable For Injury
“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.” – John Stuart Mill, philosopher and economist (20 May 1806-1873) … Continue reading
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Tagged Accountable, Actions, Evil, Harm, Inactions, Injury, John Stuart Mill, Person, Responsible, Thought For the Day
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 15: Dental Plan
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 15’s challenge is to attempt to take the perspective of a bad or evil character from a positive spin. I’ve never really thought of something like that as a subject for a poem. But, hey, why not, right? … Continue reading
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Tagged Dental Plan, Evil, Hell, Hell-Being, Lucifer, Minions, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Primeval, Sign On Bonus, Spell
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The Howling Man
In a continuation of my promise to my eldest princess and based on The Twilight Zone, Season 2: Episode 5: The Howling Man by Michael Romani It seems that life will always have its frustrations Some that lead us into … Continue reading
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Tagged Appearances, Burden, Cunning, Darkness, Deception, Evil, Frustration, Goodness, Hell, Hemitage, Illusions, Leachery, Madness, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Religion, Sanctuary, Satan, The Howling Man, The Twilight Zone, Treachery, Truth
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