Jack’s Winning Words 9/13/21
“If the ends don’t justify the means, then what
does?” (Bob Moses) Bob Moses
was a young man who was ridiculed, beaten, jailed in the 1960s for trying to
get voting rights for the disenfranchised. Can it still be
happening? The late congressman, John Lewis, echoed the words of
Moses. Somehow, someway, sometime, there’s an end justifying a
means. We may not like it; we may be out of our comfort zone; it may
disturb the peace…but right is right. It still might make me uneasy, but
I’d feel much worse if the shoe was on my foot. In the 60s I was living
1000 miles from Montgomery, Alabama. In a sense, there are still those
who still live that far away. ;-) Jack
FROM HOMELESS: "The difficulty of the task is irrelevant when compared to the consequences of not doing it."===JACK: You didn't write who said this, but the words are "right on" when applied to today's Winning Words. Thanks
FROM FACEBOOK LIZ: making people perpetual victims is what disenfranchises them. treating all equally empowers them. that means equal responsibility... for educating one's children, feeding them, housing them. it is racist to look at a black person and think "poor victim." try seeing the person instead. btw, people have IDs... are you kidding? how insulting to suggest some people can't manage the basics of life.===JACK: Most of us "white privileged people" don't know the meaning of the word, victim. IDs in the south don't mean the same as in Iowa/Illinois. Racism is racism and it still exists today, maybe in a more sinister way. ===LIZ: i know tons of white people who are not privileged... you need to get out more, maybe?===JACK: Of course there are some poor white people, but, as a group, white people have greater access to "the good life" than do people of color. I'm sure that you know what racism is.===LIZ: no, they don't... white people go to jail, have crummy jobs bc they lack education, suffer from addictions and extreme poverty. conversely, there are many successful black people. this very perspective perpetuates racism... at what point will we begin to see black people as true equals, not helpless victims to be pitied?===JACK: Of course generalization is wrong. I'm simply saying that it's obvious that people of color at a disadvantage in a society dominated by white people.
FROM SUNSHINE: RIGHT ON===JACK: We're on the same page, and I respect your opinion.
FROM WILLMAR REV: A lot of unrest, misinformation and manipulation
being battered around in the enormous number of social media's positive and
negative posts. The new definition of "misinformation": my opponent's
viewpoint. 0;-) ===JACK: There's a reason that God created us with brains and gave us Free Will. I think that I know manipulation when I see it. I choose to follow the words of Jesus to "love God and to love my neighbor as myself." Loving my neighbor means caring about needy people.===REV:
FROM LAW-MAN: So well written and true!===JACK: I wish that more people would think so. Maybe having to walk in "different moccasins" would create more empathy.
FROM EDUCATOR PAUL: Wise and contemplative words today. What came into my mind? The book “ A Tale of Two Cities.”===JACK: Wow! A Tale of Two Cities was written over 150 years ago. How times have changed (check that) how times have not changed.===P: Right!!’ The essence of the philosophical endless query as to when do the ends justify the means?===JASCK: A never-ending questr.
FROM M D IN BSFL: It's great knowing that everyone who wants to vote can vote.===JACK: In a dream world. Boadblocks are continually being devised to make it difficult/impossible for "certain" people to vote. It was like that in the 60s. It's like that today.===MD: = Sounds like a cause without a rebel. Who that is legal can't t vote and why? ===JACK:: When a determination is made to have voting sites located "far" from the voter, and the voter has no means of transportation. ...or, not instructing people with limited education on how to correctly fill out a ballot. There many ways to obstruct.===MD: I believe that anyone who is legal that wants to vote will vote. BTW did you know that the revised voting laws in GA. Tx., and Fl are less restrictive than De. JOE'S home state? NYT, WAPO, OR CNN will not tell you that. Bottom line for me is let's not make it easy to vote illegally.===JACK: It has been, and always will be, that the financially poor and educationally poor are accused of being "pawns". Many roadblocks are put in their way.===MD: Yeah. Particularly Peopple like Johhn Lewis, Elijah Cummings, John Conyers Maxine Watters, etc. who want to hand out not hand up. I'm sure that we view events from a different perspective. What I have witnessed is their intent to keep their own people suppressed to keep them beholding to the government. I find this dishonest and distasteful. MLK sent messages of hope seems to have been lost.===JACK: I see nothing wrong in helping people register to vote...and even taking them to the polls. I see no difference in either political party helping those who have worked to put them in power.===MD: Hmmm... Democrats run cities are a mess. Rep run cities are a success Ever wonder why? It's a wonderful thing to help disadvantaged people vote. I am all for that.===JACK: Of course, you're entitled to that opinion, but it's a generalization and would not be accepted in a debate. But as long as you want generalizations...Republicans favor the rich and Democrats are looking out for the poor.
FROM SR IN SJ: YES! Right is right!~In our society today, for so many, that is not what is! Right?===JACK: Not everyone agrees, as you can tell by reading today's blog. I believe that Jesus was a special friend of the poor. But, He gave up His life, because of His love. We are ALL saved by grace.
FROM HOMELESS: "The difficulty of the task is irrelevant when compared to the consequences of not doing it."===JACK: You didn't write who said this, but the words are "right on" when applied to today's Winning Words. Thanks
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