Month: January 2023

“The World According to Doctrine” — How do Progressives Balance Justice?

How do Progressives Balance Justice?

Tompkins County government brags about being Progressive – but when you question their decisions – they go silent – and feel no need to answer. They see themselves as rulers; not as representatives.

This excerpt from the county’s Comp Plan is revealing:

“The Tompkins County Comprehensive Plan presents a vision for the future of the community. It is based on a set of principles that reflect the values of the community as expressed by the County Legislature they have elected.”

It’s a fancy-dancing way of say that they will make all the decisions – an interpretation that is supported in every page of their plan for how others should live.

There’s no need to cook the books when you can’t be called to account.

Theirs is the burden of rulership; ours is to carry their sedan chairs.

“The World According to Doctrine” — Millennial Definition: Affirmative Action

Millennial Definition: Affirmative Action

Our government doesn’t share – so everything they give you; they’ve taken from someone else; and plan on taking back.

It’s a basic divide-and-conquer technique to manipulate one group of people by targeting another for hate – and then “cleaning up” whatever opposition is left.

Do you really think that giving our government the power to discriminate against whoever they want, however they want, for as long as they want, in secret: is a wise thing?

“The World According to Doctrine” — When you expose the truth . . .

When you expose the truth . . .

Did I hear someone say; “What is truth?” It’s a pity to live in a time when people so often quibble at details to avoid dealing with the larger issue.

I believe in the simple case that overrides the boundary conditions – so I believe that we can discuss “truth” and “lies” as human actions that directly affect people – without prejudice to the finer shades of their character.

Why expose the truth; instead of just the lies, or the liars? For the same reason that people use constructive criticism: to build a path to something better.

“The World According to Doctrine” — They always run home to Doctrine

They always run home to Doctrine

Doctrine is like your mother – you are forgiven and protected within her embrace – no matter what you have done: so it’s not surprising that doctrine holders run from unpleasant historical facts and ethical prohibitions; to hide in a political doctrine whose teachings are unconditional and unjudgeable.

“The World According to Doctrine” — “An ounce of prevention”

“An ounce of prevention”

Isn’t it better not to be robbed, beaten, raped, and killed? This is not an option available to those in the victim pool of our criminal justice system. Like today’s one-click companies; that can’t seem to deliver the right product to the right address to remain unbroken to do the job they claim it can do – the criminal justice system relies on a “customer service” approach to fix things that never should have happened in the first place.

The victim’s only option is for them to try to apprehend the assailant to build a case to plea bargain down to a shortened jail term with early release on parole that is broken and obtain a ho-hum warrant while the assailant commits another crime or two before being apprehended and the whole futile process starts all over again.

The criminal justice system has changed over the years: murders used to get the death penalty; then life in prison; then a few years in prison; then no prison because they are not accountable for their actions — but the outcome for the victims has remained the same: they’re dead, dead, dead, dead, dead.