One indication of moral progress in the United States would be the replacement of Thanksgiving Day and its self-indulgent family feasting with a National Day of Atonement accompanied by a self-reflective collective fasting.
Robert Jensen re-flogs a dead horse. It was a terrible thing, but it’s over. Resentment is the poison we drink before waiting miserably for the other person to die.
Friday, November 28, 2008 at 1:15
I rather enjoyed my bit of turkey and feel no guilt or remorse about it.
And I had been so worried!