Thank you for your poignant comments and for also being a regular reader of my blog. I agree with everything you say. Keep up the good work and “marching to your tune.”

Peace,
Diana

Also, there’s a semantic problem in the examples; adolescent rebellion may or may not be so banal or simple, it can be harmful, reckless, or irrelevant. Opposing rituals, elders’ beliefs, family rules, society’s restrictions. driving when drunk, challenging a weaker person, unfairly competing, cheating are not equal in intent or effect on others, as well as on oneself.

Whether a person evolves from rebellious adolescent to a successsful, also, is not evidence of integrity. In the US, our work, our vocation is supposed to identify us; however, there’s more to identity, and the scale includes empathy, for without it, a person is truly dangerous to others. Whatever our profession or passion, we are connected to others, but in my view, Mitt Romney is not. He is sorely lacking in empathy, has managed to avoid ordinary people, poor people, middle class people. or anyone unlike him. Every plan or program he devises focuses on “business and profits,” a very poor construct for leading a country.How unlike his father whom I remember clearly. Being the boss is Mitt’s motto; working cooperatively seems alien to him. Perhaps it is because of his overseas missionary zeal ! His propensity for arrogance is harmful, especially while we are experiencing a recession (so familiar to one born in the Depression).

Yes, there is a price for speaking out; what’s the alternative? Falling in line? As for marching to one’s own tune, I’m for it and still do it at 82.

Thanks for your comment. I wholeheartedly agree – “where have honesty, integrity and personal responsibility gone?” Very well-stated.
Also, thanks for all your regular comments on my blog. Greatly appreciated!

Diana

Thanks for your comment. I completely agree. We all mess up and there’s something quite honorable about giving an apology. It takes a ‘big person’ to do that. It will be curious if that ever happens in this situation.

Diana

Thanks for your comment! I wholeheartedly agree. We are not perfect and all make mistakes. It would have made him more accountable and respected had he apologized.

Diana

Thanks for your comment on my blog. I completely agree and I also like the metaphor of ‘tin ear.’ In any event, how could someone forget such an encounter? To me it sounds unheard of. Denial and/or lying is unacceptable in this situation. An apology would have made him look like a bigger man.

Diana