Right is Right?

 

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it – William Penn

I have come across this quote many times over the years. Recently I had it thrown in my face again.

Many quotes I can really relate to and learn from. Then there are quotes like this that are just dribble.

First of all there is never any time when everyone is for or against anything. Politics, religion, I don’t care what you are talking about there is never any issue when there is unanimous consensus. When this was last thrown at me there wasn’t near consensus on the issue. It was directed at my side of the issue by the other side.

Then, if everyone is on the same wavelength, who decides they are wrong? Or right? Or whatever? Or, is this some suppose to be some kind of spiritual thing which nobody agrees on either?

The lesson is if you are going to be using a quote when trying to make a point, make sure it does that.

Can we agree on that, even though if we do we could be wrong?

Praising Good Behavior

Yesterday I took my own advice.

On page 12 of Moving Mountains and Molehills Local Politics 101 I encourage the use of  “Thank You.”

Last week my Mayor was instrumental in killing a project which I opposed. He deserved a Thank You.

It is easy to bitch about elected officials when they are doing something we don’t agree with. In order to make those bitches more effective we need to spread “Thank You” around when appropriate.

It’s the little things that count sometimes.