The Deadly Sins
March 8, 2002
Sins of Omission: After the instant of recognition, there is no innocent bystander.
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Fail to object.
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Fail to believe all human beings are biologically the same.
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Fail to understand all human beings are capable of all acts.
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Fail to cooperate and share.
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Fail to acknowledge your government acts contrary to humanity’s interests.
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Fail to look and listen.
Sins of Commission: We are all connected, past present and future.
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Wage war.
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Injure other living creatures and systems.
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Believe that God, or other deities, notices you.
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Die with money in the bank.
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Pretend a particular other human being does not exist.
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Scorn popular culture, heroes and ideas.
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Scorn the intelligence of other people.
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Assert that your opinions are self-evident truths.
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Divide people into the good and the evil, us and them.