Phil Beaver works to establish opinion when
the-objective-truth has not been discovered. He seeks to refine his opinion by
listening when people share experiences and observations. The comment box below
invites readers to write.
Note 1: I often dash
words in phrases in order to express and preserve an idea. For example, frank-objectivity
represents the idea of candidly expressing the-objective-truth despite possible
error. In other words, a person expresses his “belief,” knowing he or she could
be in error. People may collaboratively approach the-objective-truth. Note 2: It is important to note "civic" refers to citizens who collaborate for the people more than for the city.
A personal paraphrase
of the preamble by & for Phil Beaver: We the willing people of nine of
the thirteen United States commit to and trust in the purpose and goals
stated herein --- integrity, justice, collaboration, defense, prosperity,
liberty, and perpetuity --- and to cultivate limited services by the USA, beginning
on June 21, 1788.
Composing their own paraphrase, citizens may consider the actual preamble
and perceive whether they are willing or dissident toward its agreement.
Is this another
case of American republicanism---the rule of statutory law defeating
liberal-democracy's chaos?
Columns. (The
fiction/non-fiction comments gallery for readers)
Can’t face fidelity (Stephanie Grace)
(theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/stephanie_grace/article_4bf92080-c0b6-11e7-9d03-4f512d3645ed.html)
It’s a question
of fidelity. One of the difficulties in the human transition from feral infant
(age 0) to mature adult (perhaps old age) is accepting fidelity.
Most humans
have the physical and psychological power (body and mind) to discover fidelity
to their person. Either by proper coaching or by innocence, some humans learn
early in life that fidelity to self is based on fidelity to
the-objective-truth. Fortunate is the person who, early has adopted personal
autonomy and extend it to others by developing collaborative association.
Many humans
discover that after fidelity to the-objective-truth, then fidelity to self,
there’s a hierarchy of other fidelities that need comprehensive attention. They
are fidelity: to immediate family, to extended family and friends, to the
people (nation), to the world, and to the universe, respectively. The hierarchy
may be thought of as comprehensive fidelity or simply fidelity to
the-objective-truth. I did not dispute the late Dona Bean’s assertion: That’s
fidelity to God. I don’t know. And it’s OK that I don’t know.
A fact of the
human condition is that any fidelity, let alone comprehensive fidelity,
requires work, commitment, and trust. When inevitable hard times come,
sometimes experience and observations are insufficient, and well-informed
coaching is needed to help a challenged person understand how to choose
fidelity. Inevitably, the decision cannot come from the coach, and often the
other party must be involved to discover mutual fidelity.
Some
differences in life are readily admitted and utilized. The typical baby,
playing with shape blocks soon learns to put the round peg in the round hole;
some learn slowly but perhaps with more comprehension; perhaps not. Shared
observation informs that the baby reliably understands if his or her discovery
process is not interrupted yet success is recognized and celebrated. Thus, the
baby cannot reliably be instructed on fitting the blocks, but can be coached.
Likewise, the
informed adolescent understands his or her gender and anticipates hormonal and
psychological sexuality. The female understands that her person may produce 400
viable ova that depend on her physical and psychological well-being, and the
male understands that intimacy with a female involves, perhaps threatens, her
viable ovum. The innocents, uninformed, are forced into discovery. Either way,
the person may experiment with incest or homosexuality or other. But
understanding comprehensive fidelity may steer him or her toward heterosexual
monogamy.
A notion of how
often American humans reach that conclusion is available from monogamy
statistics, which I think is about 13% of all marriages. Most grandparents who
are enjoying their children’s children overcame most challenges of
comprehensive fidelity. The monogamous couple without children also enjoys the
rewards of fidelity. Why they are childless is not important to their happiness
as a couple with shared fidelity.
It's civic morality rather than religious doctrine.
Humankind understands that a round wheel serves a person better than a
distorted wheel might. Most humans don’t even think about it. Likewise, most
people understand that their gender serves their person's life better than
opinion might. Civic citizens, if called on, influence the people to avoid
re-discovering advantages of fidelity to either the wheel or gender. (My essay
leading to this thought will be on my daily blog.)
John Bel Edwards frequently seems troubled in discerning
civic morality. Jeff Landry seems less troubled.
Two demerits (Dan Fagan)
theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/article_bcf027b4-c009-11e7-a2ae-ab8601f4cc05.html
Fagan, nostalgia is not your strong suit. You get two
demerits. One for lying about your hometown and the second for jeopardizing its
peace. We live in a strange time, and you may wake up to it.
Habitual neglect (Jeff Sadow)
theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/jeff_sadow/article_e5c0776e-c006-11e7-bba0-d303368a563c.html
Sadow, you exemplify what bothers
me most about media writers: you doggedly misplace responsibility.
Quoting you, “[out of control STDs] should be a wake-up call for Louisiana’s political, civic and spiritual
leaders.” Later, you write, “Political, civic and religious institutions
must do what they can to affirm the values of chastity and self-respect for all
citizens.”
I googled “political, civic
and spiritual leaders,” and got an interesting list of URLs. Most interesting,
though is a Definition 2) for a word in Merriam-Webster online: “the
belief that direct knowledge of God, spiritual truth, or ultimate reality can
be attained through subjective experience (such as intuition or insight).”
Definition 3) is even more enlightening for your column: “vague
speculation :a belief without sound basis or a theory postulating the
possibility of direct and intuitive acquisition of ineffable knowledge or power.”
The word I refer to is “mysticism.”
To solve the STD rampage, you propose mysticism. What the
people need is the-objective-truth.
Only a willing people can
offer civic justice: Justice comes from neither mysticism nor government.
Phil Beaver does not “know”
the-indisputable-facts. He trusts and is committed to the-objective-truth of which
most is undiscovered and some is understood. He is agent for A Civic People of
the United States, a Louisiana, education non-profit corporation. See online at
promotethepreamble.blogspot.com.
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