During a talk with my friends about the thirty-one murders
that happened August 3 in El Paso, Texas and August 4 in Dayton, Ohio the topic
of our conservation switched to our personal moral codes. I thought it would be interesting to write
down my personal moral codes to see my beliefs in print.
I can’t sit by and watch someone being abused by
bullies. I have rescued several children
and one adult woman from being bullied by thuggish boys and if the need arises
before me in the future, I will do so again.
To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, “I have sworn upon the
altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the bodies
and minds of all human beings. I pledge
to support for all people unalienable rights, which are both described and protected
by the United States Bill of Rights and the United Nations Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.”
I take care that my advocacy for human rights creates
positive change in my community and growth for individuals, while resisting all
forms of oppression. Yet, as Friedrich
Nietzsche wrote, “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby
become a monster.” Or, as I put it, “Do
not fight against bullies and tyrants who oppress other human beings so hard
that you become a bully or a tyrant yourself.”
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