Monday, January 30, 2006

Choosing to see only a pair of evils

I considered reforming my ways. I thought of all the advantages that would result if I only and always said exactly the truth, about my own thoughts or anything else as I understood it, no matter what.

It seemed likely that a chief disadvantage would be the loss of most of my friends, estrangement from employers and relatives...real damage from a practical point of view.

So I relented and lost myself instead.

Each person to whom you can not tell the truth, or think you should not tell the truth is yet another you have set beyond your lonely little pale.

3 comments:

wildpic said...

A TELESCOPE, A PLANETARIUM, A FIRMAMENT OF CROWS.

It is a very dark place
without stars,
And even when you arrive there
twenty minutes early,

...you are late

JahTeh said...

I think it's one of those questions where you have to ask yourself, 'would I want this done to me'.

GreenSmile said...

Jahteh:
excellent solution: it can be taken as a question of balancing self interest against the interests of others and the test you present is the very best leveler for such question.