begin quoting John H. Robinson, IV as of Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 10:20:55PM -0800:
> Bob La Quey wrote:
> >
> > I should _not_ waste my efforts caring about those things that do
> > not matter though
>
> You should not waste your efforts caring about those things that you
> feel do not matter. Big difference.
>
> We don't really know what matters, do we? Only hindsight tells us with
> any certainty. We all have our own giants to tilt at, and there will
> always be a Pancho under a spell that will tell us they are merely
> windmills.
It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the
eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly
have other concerns to engage him; but it is his duty, at least, to wash
his hands of it, and, if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it
practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and
contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them
sitting upon another man's shoulders. I must get off him first, that he
may pursue his contemplations too.
-- Thoreau, _On Civil Disobedience_
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Every citizen should read _On Civil Disobedience_ at least once a decade.
Stewart Stremler
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