“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.” – Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.
One of the big problems the USA has, I think, is the harsh judgment of public figures’ vices without any balance between that and their virtues. The closet homosexual, the one who drinks to much, the gambler, the pantieless partier; we all have our vices. If those vices are doing damage to themselves or others then dealing with them is important. But just havingsome behavior you don’t like or find distasteful doesn’t mean you ignore or throw out the virtues that same person has.
I think we in the USA tend to feel that allowing something means weare approving of it. And that is not the case. We allow it because it is none of our business and isn’t hurting us or anyone else, even if we don’t like it. We can disapprove of it for ourselves, but we are in a country dedicated to individual liberty and if someone wants to gamble or not wear panties or spend money on silly things, then it’s their decision, not ours, and it doesn’t mean they are without virtue.
By the way, when I put ‘closet homosexual’ in the list, I am not saying homosexuality is a vice. I am saying that there are some people, including some who participate in it, who think it is and they act secretly because of it.
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