Archive for the 'responsibility' Category
This is a prime example of why I started ‘Blogging’.
A near-miss of two airplanes last week has started a frenzy of fear.
A pilot acknowledged his ATC transmission to ‘hold short’ but didn’t.
So, Mary Peters, the US Transportation Secretary, at 10:45am January 14th 2008 during an interview on FOX news, said that the plans are to update [...]
January 14th, 2008 | Posted in Aviation, Blogging, Fear, Safety, law, responsibility, society, survival | 4 Comments
Once you cross the ‘line’- no matter which line, it becomes easier and easier to repeat that crossing- particularly if there are no consequences.
This applies to borders, to the decisions regarding honesty, to taking that pad and pencil from work or to behavior.
Lines are something like fences, but being invisible they are a lot easier [...]
January 12th, 2008 | Posted in ethics, responsibility, society | 1 Comment
The harder and the longer the climb, the higher the mountain and the better the view when you get to the top.It’s not easy to get ahead. Remember how difficult it was to memorize the ‘times table’? But you did it and you survived.
When I was in high school I did just enough to get [...]
January 12th, 2008 | Posted in responsibility, survival | Comments Off
I had always thought that the reason laws are so severe regarding drunk driving was that it was a public safety issue. After considering some other laws, I conclude that it is a moral issue. There are still people out there who are opposed to drinking.
If drunk driving is truly a public safety issue it [...]
January 5th, 2008 | Posted in Attorney, Safety, law, responsibility | 8 Comments
The most significant issue regarding children today is the possibility of children choking on small toy pieces and lead paint on toys. Parents are eager to start their children on literary and artistic careers early in life. There seems to be no problem with giving a 2 year old a box of colored pencils with [...]
December 8th, 2007 | Posted in Child Care, Environment, Fear, Health, Parenting, Politics, Uncategorized, ethics, junk science, responsibility, society, survival | 2 Comments