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April 07, 2005
OFF LEASH: Barking against the bad
"Off Leash" is an occasional column by Fiddler.
I was urinating in someone’s front yard the other day when I happened to recall a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Don’t waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good." I agree with the stuff about not wasting yourself in rejection and chanting the beauty of the good -- that’s fine as far as it goes. But I must take issue with Ralph’s comment on not barking against the bad. Indeed I would argue that we are obligated to bark against the bad wherever we may find it, be it in the board rooms of our most powerful corporations, the hallowed halls of our governmental institutions, or in our very own neighborhoods. It is incumbent upon each of us to seek out and expose the evil that hides itself in the nooks and crannies of not only our society but our souls. We must bark against the bad. Also, we should bark against the garbage men because we’re not sure what they’re doing in our driveway.
Posted by teb at April 7, 2005 11:04 AM