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Do we have a moral obligation to speak out when we believe there is potential danger, whether we possess all the facts or not? Does our obligation grow as we are in a position to know more than the average person on the street would have an opportunity to know?
Lonely at the Top has posted on the web: "Indyu, I am writing this post to you as a member of the [Mayor] Peterson administration.... I can't reveal my identity but this blog is so on point with so many issues. We never had a real plan for public safety, John Dillion is a tyrant with no clue.... The Mayor is just skating by praying to God this city can hold itself together through the election..."
As I follow this blog on a daily basis (excluding comments from soreheads), the sincerity of many of the respondents causes me to give pause and I ask God to be with them and keep them strong. I just don't know if I'd be as strong as they and I have to be doubly grateful for those who can stand tall such as the Indianapolis police and, even more so, our young soldiers who are wading through a treacherous jungle of hatred overseas.
Bringing all this back to a personal level, how often is our ability to be brave shackled by our fear of others' opinions more so than by our own personal cowardice. Listen to Elisabeth Kuebler- Ross, "Our concern must be to live while we’re alive--to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a façade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are."
Jane Mullikin
When someone feels compelled to scream, "things are not right", we do not want to believe; we prefer to be skeptical and pretend all is well just like the ostrich in the sand. But when many people are risking their jobs because they feel compelled to expose the dangers facing the inhabitants of the city, we have to thank God for brave souls who are compelled to take the risks and who are screaming, "things are not right!"
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