So I?m sitting in Joe?s with my favorite war correspondent. We?re bathing our tonsils in that most excellent elixir that you may never own and only rent; when Bones puts to me the question.
?So Quaffer, why do we do it??
Ever quick on the uptake I reply with a brilliant bit of wisdom, ?Eh??
?Admin?
?Oh? say I, ?Well it?s like sin.?
?Admin is like sin? That?s a little out there even for you Quaffer?
?No, no, hear me out.?
Bones showing great restraint signals one of Joe?s helpers for another round of heady dark bliss.
?So?, I continue, ?I was taught, in my youth, that you should not commit sin because it displeased God. I never bought into it. I figure you shouldn?t commit sin because the world is a poorer place for it if you do. That?s why God is displeased, but you shouldn?t be worrying about God. He?s doing all right by himself."
Bones at this point seems to be using his engineering talents to determine the effects of a lightning strike in his immediate vicinity. He leans a little further back in his chair.
?Pray go on. Or maybe, just pray? Bones says.
?Refraining from sin is one of those intangibles that make for a better world. It?s like treating people with respect, like not cheating, like having a sense of honor.
?You know Toastado?s in scouts right?? I ask.
?Sure.?
?Well the scouts have this oath: On my honor? I sat for a board of review for one of the scouts in his troop. And I ask him, what does it mean, honor. He had a hard time telling me. Well at his age I knew what honor meant. I knew the value of my word. We?re not doing a good enough job teaching our kids about the intangibles.
?So we admin. You can?t see respect but you can sense it. You can?t see honor but when we come across dishonor we feel rage, sorrow, loss. When we show compassion it is with a sense of hope. All of these intangibles affect our reality. Ignoring them makes the world a poorer place.
So we admin, because it makes the world a better place.
?So Quaffer, why do we do it??
Ever quick on the uptake I reply with a brilliant bit of wisdom, ?Eh??
?Admin?
?Oh? say I, ?Well it?s like sin.?
?Admin is like sin? That?s a little out there even for you Quaffer?
?No, no, hear me out.?
Bones showing great restraint signals one of Joe?s helpers for another round of heady dark bliss.
?So?, I continue, ?I was taught, in my youth, that you should not commit sin because it displeased God. I never bought into it. I figure you shouldn?t commit sin because the world is a poorer place for it if you do. That?s why God is displeased, but you shouldn?t be worrying about God. He?s doing all right by himself."
Bones at this point seems to be using his engineering talents to determine the effects of a lightning strike in his immediate vicinity. He leans a little further back in his chair.
?Pray go on. Or maybe, just pray? Bones says.
?Refraining from sin is one of those intangibles that make for a better world. It?s like treating people with respect, like not cheating, like having a sense of honor.
?You know Toastado?s in scouts right?? I ask.
?Sure.?
?Well the scouts have this oath: On my honor? I sat for a board of review for one of the scouts in his troop. And I ask him, what does it mean, honor. He had a hard time telling me. Well at his age I knew what honor meant. I knew the value of my word. We?re not doing a good enough job teaching our kids about the intangibles.
?So we admin. You can?t see respect but you can sense it. You can?t see honor but when we come across dishonor we feel rage, sorrow, loss. When we show compassion it is with a sense of hope. All of these intangibles affect our reality. Ignoring them makes the world a poorer place.
So we admin, because it makes the world a better place.
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