{"id":10547,"date":"2023-11-30T13:36:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T19:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=10547"},"modified":"2023-12-01T07:04:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T13:04:48","slug":"understanding-forgiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=10547","title":{"rendered":"Understanding \/ Forgiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is attributed to lots of folks, but seems to land on Evelyn Waugh<\/a>….
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If this is indeed true, it has deep ethical and moral implications. Mr. Waugh seems to be spot on in several other areas, so let’s go with “To understand all is to forgive all.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Beer commercials are so patriotic: Made the American Way. What does that have to do with America? Is that what America stands for? Feeling sluggish and urinating frequently?”<\/p>\nEvelyn Waugh<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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O God, make me good, but not yet.<\/p>\nEvelyn Waugh<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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“I did not know it was possible to be so miserable and live but I am told that this is a common experience.”<\/p>\nEvelyn Waugh<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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“I think it’s one of the kindest things you can do to the very wicked, to give them time to repent.”<\/p>\nEvelyn Waugh<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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“I think there’s almost nothing I can’t excuse except perhaps worshiping graven images. That seems to be idiotic.”<\/p>\nEvelyn Waugh<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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So…. an attempt to understand someone who deliberately does unspeakable things for political gain, we must delve into the world of Abnormal Psychology<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we didn’t get too far, because the there are lots of Abnormal Psychology<\/strong> textbooks, and they all have pretty cool cover art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Semi-Sequitur: Mom, I got my first modeling job!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Son:<\/strong> Mom, my modeling career is taking off! I just got my first cover!
Mom:<\/strong> That’s wonderful, son! Is it the cover of a magazine?
Son:<\/strong> No…. not exactly. It’s a textbook.
Mom:<\/strong> Wonderful! What textbook?
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But first a nod to Carrie Fisher, and her kindly introspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is attributed to lots of folks, but seems to land on Evelyn Waugh…. If this is indeed true, it has deep ethical and moral implications. Mr. Waugh seems to be spot on in several other areas, so let’s go with “To understand all is to forgive all.” “Beer commercials are so patriotic: Made the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meaning-of-life"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10547"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10605,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10547\/revisions\/10605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}