I Can, But You Can't
This teaching is intended for mature, responsible adults who are willing to consider some serious and even uncomfortable subjects with an open mind, a little common sense (even though, in my book, sense is far from “common”), and a willingness to think things through. ✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️ There is a particular kind of arrogance that has infected human society from the beginning, and it can be summed up in five little words: “I can, but you can't.” It is the attitude of the person who believes that whatever he wants is his to have, whatever he does is his business, whatever rules apply to everybody else somehow do not apply to him, and anybody who objects simply needs to know his place. It is the attitude of somebody who wants freedom for himself and restrictions for everybody else. He wants privacy while demanding access to everyone else's business. He wants his money protected while helping himself to everybody else's. He wants to speak while silencing anyone who disagree...