hisannabelle
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Joined: 12/3/2006 From: Tallahassee, FL, USA Status: offline
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benji, i look at it this way. the majority of acts in the world that i wouldn't ever want to do and don't agree with, i don't assert are "morally wrong" by my standards. there are a few acts, like murder (in a lot of cases), rape (in 99% of cases), etc. where i just think they're wrong and i have no problem condemning people for doing them. if you want to call it me getting up on my high horse, feel free. i'm not trying to say that i don't do things that others find morally wrong. there's a shitload of conservative christians who probably think my bisexuality and polyamory are wrong. and that's fine and dandy. i think people have a right to their own morals and beliefs, and a right to state the kinds of things that they find morally wrong, and a right to avoid situations and people where those things are present. for example, i think the things my cousin has done to her ums because of crack addiction are wrong. while i won't sit around and yell at her for being addicted to crack (because i understand that a lot of addiction is not easy to handle, having been an addict of other things myself, and that it's a lot of complex causes and conditions that have led her here, and i'm not blaming her for all or even a majority of them), i also refuse to enable her addiction in any way, and will do whatever i can to ensure that she gets better and that her ums are safe. likewise, if i know someone who is cheating, i will make it clear that i don't approve of the behavior and will refuse to enable it in any way, because it causes pain to those around the person and, in the long run, to the person involved. i don't think i'm a moral authority, but i do have the right to decide what i will and will not accept, behaviorally, from the people i associate with. if that means i stop associating with them, then that's what it means. if it means, like in my cousin's situation, i have to call the cops, or take some other kind of drastic measure, i'll do it. i really don't give a damn what people think of me because of it.
< Message edited by hisannabelle -- 3/11/2007 4:40:14 PM >
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