tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post8788663280320354096..comments2023-10-03T12:20:53.726-04:00Comments on ¡Cecilieaux!: We All Belong in GuantánamoCecilio Moraleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283375962527765787noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-34878386299498925072007-08-22T00:56:00.000-04:002007-08-22T00:56:00.000-04:00In the US, a while back, there was a court case in...In the US, a while back, there was a court case in which a father, who used a belt (at the least) to daily beat his son was acquitted of any wrongdoing on the basis, in part, that he was right: at some point his son had done or would do something worth a beating, even if he couldn't cite it at the time of the beating.<BR/><BR/>I remember thinking, how arcanely inumanely dreadful.<BR/><BR/>Then that guy from Bill&Ted made that sci fi film about people who are convicted on psychics visions that they will commit crimes and everyone rooted for the people who booted that system.<BR/><BR/>And yet...this appears to be what you argue, and I reject it even as I regularly say I don't cast stones in my own glass house.<BR/><BR/>No...I think it is that people do not properly weight guilt and "crimes" and "punishment." Our ethics seem askew.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps these days guilt is like insanity: if you feel it, you likely have little to worry about.Julie Pipperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-55783218379742975942007-08-21T22:24:00.000-04:002007-08-21T22:24:00.000-04:00I've never been big on guilt.. yet I do believe we...I've never been big on guilt.. yet I do believe we are all flawed beings. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps it is a question of degrees? <BR/><BR/>:) <BR/><BR/><BR/>Peace, <BR/><BR/>~Chanithailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-13761446027210162722007-08-21T20:13:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:13:00.000-04:00Perhaps that is why some people do feel guilt more...Perhaps that is why some people do feel guilt more than others, can't quite distance themselves from the *crime* and human condition even when they are not directly responsible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-61785192084752453082007-08-21T19:57:00.000-04:002007-08-21T19:57:00.000-04:00That excellently sums up something I've thought fo...That excellently sums up something I've thought for a long time myself!<BR/><BR/>We are all guilty, guilty of the most important command to love God and love each other.<BR/><BR/>How many times do we try to justify ourselves in a legal context, or to simply comply with government regulation and law, thinking this makes us a good person?AFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098235537164995943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-42179899141258613482007-08-21T12:43:00.000-04:002007-08-21T12:43:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com