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1. Trust our basic instincts

   The movie was well done and the cliffhanger ending leaves us deep in thought. I think we all have a responsibility to help others, whether it is a small or big way. Our purpose is to live amongst people just like us and when we begin to feel that it is not safe, then we are putting ourselves and others in a vulnerable place...The man should have done whatever he could immediately to stop the action. Why the thief did what he did is irrelevant. When you respond to one in need your basic instinct should be to do the right thing. I realize it was just a book bag the thief took, but if we all made the choice about how big or small the crime was before reacting, we would be failing those around us. No one needs to be a hero but the right thing to do is "always the right thing to do." It should not change with each experience. If we were being threatened as a country, the right thing to do would be to gather support and protect ourselves from our source of danger. There were a few others on that bus and there were many things the man could do that would not have put anyone in danger. Non-reaction is fine when you are dealing with "ego" but when it comes to helping others pull out all the stops. In hindsight, I can see a great many things the man could have done to stop the whole activity but he did nothing in my opinion and he did it by over thinking it and not trusting "within".

   1 month, 2 weeks ago In response to Transit

2. Untitled

   I agree with Juan that "some of the greatest atrocities in history were done under the banner of religion." I also agree with "morality is a choice that is dictated by circumstances and the individual.As individuals we all hold ourselves to different standards. Expecting the approval of others for what we do, is "ego" and if we choose to listen to "ego" then we are not functioning from "within". Religion aside, there still exists a higher power and if religion enters, so does the misconception of morality. It is only when we attach standards that morality even exists, and the standards are set outside of ourselves. Whatever takes place "without" is our own doing and we are subject to the consequences of our actions by "society". Anything outside of ourself is not anyone else's business. "It is not my business what you think of me." ......Eckhart Tolle. So the existence of morality alone...is redundant under those circumstances.

   2 months ago In response to Morality Bites

3. I'll take the Jail Time!

   I would never be on the outside of something I firmly believed was worth standing up for. I would go to jail, if that were the consequence for not paying a tax to support an immoral war - oh wait, we are doing that. I think we are going way off track here...the issue is cheating and I still believe that there are times when cheating, as with lying or any other "wrong" doing, is the right thing to do. "It is not my business what others think of me", Eckhart Tolle. Again, it is only unacceptable "without" (where others make the rules) "within" is what should rule us. I realize we do not all believe that, but I do, "within." Rules are made by human beings, we are human beings and yes we should follow the rules, but to say that there is never a time where cheating is the right thing to do, just doesn't sit with me. Can we all say that we have never "abetted" cheating by letting a friend copy our homework? Maybe so, but I can't say that and I carry no guilt for it. But, I'll take the jail time...just kidding.

   2 months, 2 weeks ago In response to Morality Bites

Define what responsibility means to you.