It's poor judgment', said Grandpa 'to call anything by a name. We don't know what a hobgoblin or a vampire or a troll is. Could be lots of things. You can't heave them into categories with labels and say they'll act one way or another. That'd be silly. They're people. People who do things. Yes, that's the way to put it. People who *do* things.
What does __nited States of America_ mean? That we__e some states, we__e united somehow, and that we__e in America. America could be anywhere on the continents of North or South America, so that__ not specific enough, and the part about the states doesn__ narrow it down, either. Mexico has united states, too. So does Canada, except they call them provinces. It__ not even a name. It__ just a vague description. It__ so generic, like naming a country __ountry.
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What does __nited States of America_ mean? That we__e some states, we__e united somehow, and that we__e in America. America could be anywhere on the continents of North or South America, so that__ not specific enough, and the part about the states doesn__ narrow it down, either. Mexico has united states, too. So does Canada, except they call them provinces. It__ not even a name. It__ just a vague description. It__ so generic, like naming a country __ountry.
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George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as 'evil.' Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at such black-and-white moral absolutism. What the president should have done, in the unlikely event that he wanted the support of America's peace-mongers, was to describe a confrontation with Saddam as the 'lesser evil.' This is a term the Left can appreciate. Indeed, 'lesser evil' is part of the essential tactical rhetoric of today's Left, and has been deployed to excuse or overlook the sins of liberal Democrats, from President Clinton's bombing of Sudan to Madeleine Albright's veto of an international rescue for Rwanda when she was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Among those longing for nuance, moral relativism__he willingness to use the term evil, when combined with a willingness to make accommodations with it__s the smart thing: so much more sophisticated than 'cowboy' language.
I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind. I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him. I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsom and jetsom in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.
Not only have we not done the good things that God really wants us to do, but in fact, we__e done just the opposite. We__e all done a lot of sinful things that we__e not very proud of. The good news is that, before we even ask to be forgiven_ before we even know we__e done wrong, sometimes_ God has this miraculous, saving love for us.
Names do not write poems nor do they create work.