Grandpa Kim on the topic of duty

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E. Albright

The quote was not mine but Grandpa Kim's although he got it from somewhere else.

However, like him, I do endorse it.

And you do bring up a good point.

The issue is who has the right to decide our actions.

Grandpa Kim and I believe we should not have a knee-jerk reaction to someone claiming a person has a duty to do something.

That opens the door to a manipulative, conniving person to control the actions of a person.

I believe we have the right to examine whether or not there is a overriding or overwhelming duty.

I believe that even if there is a duty, there may be overriding considerations which may make the duty less compelling or commanding.

An example is the Viet Nam war. Conscripted kids had a duty to report to the military and participate in the war. Some of them questioned it, fought it and ultimately won in the long run.

The hard-liners of duty would have us believe we should do our duty without question.

But duty changes with the times. And to demand we be hard-wired to it, is IMHO neither healthy or advantages to the person or to the nation.