Blackbeard
Well-known member
Re: USCHO Women's Hockey Posters Poll
If attempting to adhere to principles for the sake of the self evident benefit of the principles themselves (regardless of the colour of one's jersey, ethnicity, nationality, gender, education, etc., etc., etc.,) can be characterized as sitting on a high horse then you've just reinforced my point about what's wrong with the world at large...not enough credible self respect gleaned from a life guided by integrity.
And I think that you are too intelligent to actually believe in your last sentence quoted above.
Human nature is such that when something deeply embarrassing happens, especially in the public eye, speaking out about it is very difficult and often causes more questions, controversy, scrutiny and even scorn, especially when it would necessarily bring attention to others, such as team mates, so those people usually just take the path of least resistance and let it slide and live with it.
If our collective human moral code was substantially higher, meaning high enough, then the opposite would be expected...there would be controversy if someone in that situation didn't speak up, but such is generally not the case today. (Although there are rare glimpses of it such as Tim Thomas's refusal a couple of years ago to go to the white house...he had the backbone to stand up and speak out for something he believed in regardless of the scorn that would most likely be heaped upon him by those who wouldn't understand...and in standing up for that particular something that he believed in, because of the circumstances involved, he was necessarily announcing it to the world...scorn be d***ed. There's a moral compass to be emulated.)
If you actually think that someone in this type of situation is going to stand up and speak out you'll be growing a lot older waiting. Most individuals don't possess that amount of courage. And there's the other issue of rationalizing to one's self that it wasn't really that important because if you can convince yourself that that's the case...it feels better. So, most people just go for the easy fix. That doesn't mean that it's morally correct...just a lot more convenient.
If attempting to adhere to principles for the sake of the self evident benefit of the principles themselves (regardless of the colour of one's jersey, ethnicity, nationality, gender, education, etc., etc., etc.,) can be characterized as sitting on a high horse then you've just reinforced my point about what's wrong with the world at large...not enough credible self respect gleaned from a life guided by integrity.
And I think that you are too intelligent to actually believe in your last sentence quoted above.
Human nature is such that when something deeply embarrassing happens, especially in the public eye, speaking out about it is very difficult and often causes more questions, controversy, scrutiny and even scorn, especially when it would necessarily bring attention to others, such as team mates, so those people usually just take the path of least resistance and let it slide and live with it.
If our collective human moral code was substantially higher, meaning high enough, then the opposite would be expected...there would be controversy if someone in that situation didn't speak up, but such is generally not the case today. (Although there are rare glimpses of it such as Tim Thomas's refusal a couple of years ago to go to the white house...he had the backbone to stand up and speak out for something he believed in regardless of the scorn that would most likely be heaped upon him by those who wouldn't understand...and in standing up for that particular something that he believed in, because of the circumstances involved, he was necessarily announcing it to the world...scorn be d***ed. There's a moral compass to be emulated.)
If you actually think that someone in this type of situation is going to stand up and speak out you'll be growing a lot older waiting. Most individuals don't possess that amount of courage. And there's the other issue of rationalizing to one's self that it wasn't really that important because if you can convince yourself that that's the case...it feels better. So, most people just go for the easy fix. That doesn't mean that it's morally correct...just a lot more convenient.
