Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Friday, June 7, 2002, at 09:24 AM, Albert Wang wrote: > In my opinion, any sort of pride regardless of race, color, creed, etc. > is the worst of the 7 deadly sins. John Milton in Paradise Lost points > out in Book II that Satan's main problem was pride and led to his > downfall from the graces of Him. On another note, I think that to be > proud without an ounce of humility is very problematic. Which accounts > for much of the selfishness in today's world. But that's a different kind of pride. Gay pride/etc. are based on disempowered/disadvantaged groups coming together to provide mutual support. Not "we're better than you" pride, but "we're normal, too" pride. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html