Archive for March 11th, 2008
Homer: Spitzer’s no Greek
IN yet another instance of modern hubris, a powerful individual has fallen prey to the threads of The Fates. Recently, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer tumbled from his high, moral pedestal upon discovery that his patronage of the Emperor’s Club VIP, a high priced, international prostitution ring was public knowledge.
Many in the media are painting this as a great, Greek tragedy. I, for one, do not agree with these sentiments and feel this is a great success for Mr. Spitzer. Mistakes, faults, sins, call them what you will, but admitting these things publicly and openly allows us to move forward and grow as individuals. It is my sincere believe that Eliot Spitzer’s greatest days are not behind him but before him, if only he uses this misdeed as a catalyst for personal transformation.
This is not a tragedy, it is a triumph.
Vatican blesses earth with further instructions
With much pomp and trepidation, The Vatican has been so good as to offer additional guidelines for living as they see that God sees fit. The new list, presumably overlooked in the original Seven Deadly Sins, deals largely with social issues.
I am still undecided on how I feel about this. It seems that the Holy See may have stumbled across some legitimate mankind-serving ideas here. But I suspect the Catholic church would be hard-pressed to absolve itself of sin #6
The New-and-Improved 7 Social Sins:
1. “Bioethical” violations such as birth control
2. “Morally dubious” experiments such as stem cell research
3. Drug abuse
4. Polluting the environment
5. Contributing to widening divide between rich and poor
6. Excessive wealth
7. Creating poverty
In deference to objectivity, this link offers a different perspective from sources perhaps closer to the Vatican.
