having high expectations for human potential

February 13th, 2006

If one believes everybody is equal, and that everybody should be treating everybody else as equals. If one believes everybody has the capacity to care, and should care. If one believes in the capacity to take the perspective of the other.

Given the recent developments, how can a person with such beliefs not have massive amounts of cognitive dissonance?

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book and sword : gratitude and revenge

is the first novel written by Jin Yong. The protagonist is Chan Ka Lok, who is the leader of the Red Flower Society. The book title refers to Ka Lok being famous for being well-versed in culture and martial arts, but also for having to make a difficult ethical decision. My father named me and my brother after him.

The subtitle is from a poem Desiderata