Incomprehensible Blathering

The shallow stream is easily crossed. The shallow mind, even more so.

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Quote on morals

What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious. -Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator, writer (106-43 BCE)

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I read this a couple of times and I find that I like it, a lot. - The trick here is determining what is "moral". What is or is not moral must be left to the person making the decision. No other may make that decision, not "God", not the Church, not the community as a whole. That person, with conscious and sentience, must decide.

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La Mixteca in Plover

This restaurant (La Mixteca) has good food and pretty good prices. As the name implies, they serve Mexican food. The food, to date, has been excellent. Unfortunately, they seem to be having some trouble with their menus. Their regular menu lists a pitcher (48 oz.) of margaritas for a very nice $7.50 or 15.625 cents per oz. Their side menu (table stand), on the other hand, indicates that a pitcher (64 oz.) of margaritas is $14.00 or 21.875 cents per oz. (The price per oz. is not listed on the menu.) Alas, we ordered from the regular menu and when the bill arrived, were a bit surprised by the final total. A chat with the wait-staff and the owner's wife resulted in no positive results, so they have lost a margarita customer. I'll probably still eat there as the food is quite good, but I'll also double check the prices with the waitress.