The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #75250   Message #1320928
Posted By: Little Hawk
08-Nov-04 - 08:32 PM
Thread Name: BS: Just what are moral issues???....
Subject: RE: BS: Just what are moral issues???....
So-called "moral issues", in the context of political campaigning, are emotional red flags that are waved in the face of the public bull by unscrupulous politicians who have had those flags put in their hands by their professional campaign strategists. If the public is no smarter or more aware than the normal bull, they charge through the cape and vote predictably and accordingly. Then the matador stabs them with his sword and the bullfight ends. One dead bull. One rich matador.

Matador means "killer", by the way, and it is by no means a moral occupation.

As to what is or is not a moral issue...everyone decides that for themselves...unless they are accustomed to letting someone else do their thinking for them. I would assert that for the majority of people, the latter condition applies.

It has for centuries been an illusion of the common people that justice and freedom would somehow be secured in their own time...when they were actually ruled by tyrants...elected or otherwise. If you want freedom, you have to BECOME FREE YOURSELF in your own mind. You can't do that when you let other people do your thinking for you.