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All nations need heroes, who are beacons of good conduct, especially the people who have an opportunity to lead the governments. Lest the youth have no reason to listen to elders and will fall prey to disillusion and despair. They will recklessly tear the fabric which holds the nation together with a belief in shared responsibilities, shared law and justice and shared opportunities for a better life and freedom to pursue happiness.
Oh Biden! Do you really care for what happens to the country after you save your son from prosecution?
Highest courts of any nation must be free from politics. Judges at these courts must have conduct that is exemplary, untainted with selfish indulgences, and one that inspires reverence. If the courts judgements support the current governments or falls in line with the pollical parties, such a system must be redesigned before one has to swipe the teams from the lady of justice blind folded face.
Commander-in-chief should never be timid and should never lie to protect criminals in fellow countrymen, family members or leaders of foreign lands. Protect the population without considering their class, religion, or personal wealth. Strive relentlessly to provide equitable taxation, opportunities for education, employment and health care.
President Biden has done a real harm to the republic by pardoning his son. Now it will take a miracle to convince the youth to follow the law and to believe in ‘Under the law, everyone is equal’. He gave a peevish explanation and asked us to understand his fatherly love. If we consent to his request, no one should be punished for any crime unless the criminal has no father or fatherly love.
Oh! Biden, we can’t support you with your unacceptable reasons when these reasons can’t be extended to everyone.
Ballads from the past to praise the heroes that saved their country men with self-sacrifices, no chance to make a new ballad in times we are in. May be the leaders need lessons in good morals, I suggest they read Battle of Thermopylae – Wikipedia for bravery, Charge of the Light Brigade – Wikipedia for valor, and about Socrates death, though he believed he was innocent, such a moral philosopher he was, he drank hemlock and died to follow the rule of law than to run away like a coward.
Oh! Biden, have you not read about these heroic deeds?
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Every action we do have repercussions to us and to the society we live in.
These repercussions fall in three categories.
- Result is good for self and to the to the society. (Becoming a civil engineer).
- Result is good for self and not for the society. (Take a bribe, skip inspection).
- Result is not good for self but good for society. (Work 10 hours a day to complete the bridge on time).
The result, which is good for only yourself, will cost you in the long run. In the above example: It will harm the reputation, bridge may collapse, worrying about being caught you may lose sleep every night.
This writer requests the reader is to choose options C and A, in that order.
Mr. Biden choose option 2, for a leader chosen for public service and to protect the constitution and uphold the law and order, it is wrong and despicable. Hunter did crime and he must be judged and punished accordingly. No party could have influenced him to buy a gun, do drugs, skip taxes, or take bribes.
This is dastardly pardon is a smear on the American justice system which can’t be removed.
Majority of Americans have chosen a side Republicans or Democrats. A few of us are still hanging on to be Independents.
Is there going to be a time when parties can cross the divide and vote with the other side without getting ostracized by their own party?
Is there going be a time when senators will vote with their conscience rather on their party lines?
I strongly believe that day will come, though further deterioration may occur before that. At that time both parties will reverse the direction they are pursuing currently, stop radicalizing their party manifestos and come to a compromised platform that have benefits of ideas from both parties.
I know and understand at this point if you are ready to stop reading this article.
Recently, I read some chapters on Chinese Philosophy in “Sacred Texts of World” by Professor Grant Hardy. I like to share some of the lines from that book to raise hope and appeal for better future.
In the Chinese philosophy book of anecdotes and conversation of Mencius (Mengzi) contains these two anecdotes.
Human nature is inherently good, and evil comes when people ignores the basic impulses of compassion, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom. For example, people instinctively feel distressed, alarmed and gasp when they see a child who is about to fall in a well. Even though not everyone runs to rescue, a kind of compassion to extend a helping hand will come naturally to all human beings and it is due to innate human qualities which are basically good.
Bald Mountain was once beautifully wooded. A new city grew nearby. Because it is close to a large city, its trees all fell to the axe. It is not that beautiful like before. However, as days pass and with good rains, it is not without greenery anymore. And then came the cattle and sheep to graze. That is why today it has a scoured like appearance. On seeing it now, people imagine nothing ever grew there. But this is not true, and it is not the nature of the mountain.
Just as the beauty of the mountain is hacked away one tree at a time, Individual’s good qualities are lost slowly over time, had been hacked away day after day. Just as planting trees and giving some care, mountain can be reclaimed so are the humans’ original qualities which can be recovered with study and introspection.
As a society we need to stop further deterioration consciously, deliberately, and immediately. For this we need to relearn compassion, politeness, tolerance, graciousness and other virtues. You may ask, how do we do that? Answer is in the book of Analects (Confucius Teachings)
子貢問曰：有一言而可以終身行之者乎？子曰：其恕乎！己所不欲、勿施於人。
Zi Gong [a disciple] asked: “Is there any one word that could guide a person throughout life?”
The Master replied: “How about ‘reciprocity’! Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself.” Analects XV.24 (Wikipedia)
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