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Things that defy description.
Happy Tuesday! This is the day when I answer my mail, and I have some good ones today. Let’s get right on it:
You said that you “don’t believe in morality”. I hope that doesn’t mean what I think it means.
No, I don’t think it does, but I had better explain myself. Let’s start with Merriam-Webster’s definition of “morality”:
It’s the day after President’s Day, the strange little wannabee holiday that fills in the space between Dr. King Day and Memorial Day. It’s a good time to reflect on leadership and what it means, and that’s the kind of mail I’ve been getting lately.
It’s Tuesday, the day that I answer mail. I’m thinking very seriously about moving over to a normal blog format that allows comments to improve the interaction here, so that I don’t have to do this.
This week I had a good conversation starter on a topic that I think deserves interaction. The basic question is a simple one:
When in doubt, you can always talk about the weather in polite Minnesota conversation. Since we usually have a doubt of some kind, Minnesotans tend towards weather as a reliable stand-by. It’s not controversial but it provides a nearly endless supply of entertainment much like driving a flaming bus through a wall of televisions, at least in the sense that it’s likely to be lethal.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that I get a lot of mail when I write about spirituality and the economy. Funny pair, that is. Do I get a lot of mail because it’s something everyone is interested in, or because my take on them is a bit odd? It has to be the former, since these are the hot issues in public debate these days. Oh well, it’s not all about me. Tuesday is mail day, so let me go at ’em all the same:
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