Word: righteouseness
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...Those of us who served in uniform indeed took righteous "umbrage" at one of our own being called duplicitous and basically unfit to wear the uniform. None of us are perfect, but by God, we did our best to serve our civilian masters without genuflecting. Shame on Kinsley for missing the point behind the outrage and doubting its authenticity. Kenneth M. Currie, Lieut. Colonel, USAF (ret.), Indian Harbour Beach...
...asked if the negative press affects their personal relationship, she answered that it's easy to ignore "if you know that what you're doing is the right thing." That strikes me as revealing either terrible naiveté or a stubborn sense of entitlement. Not only has this self-righteous thinking gotten the U.S. into a no-win war, but it has also stripped us of constitutional rights, including the right to privacy. Perhaps doing the right thing would involve soul searching - and listening to the constituency on a few issues. Karole Scott, Cocoa...
...Those of us who served in uniform indeed took righteous "umbrage" at one of our own being called duplicitous and basically unfit to wear the uniform. None of us are perfect, but by God, we did our best to serve our civilian masters without genuflecting. Shame on Kinsley for missing the point behind the outrage and doubting its authenticity. Kenneth M. Currie, Lieut. Colonel, USAF (Ret.) Indian Harbour Beach, Florida...
...Crimson Reading and taking notes at the Coop—then you must pay a small sum extra. Life is about trade-offs: It is selfish and often unreasonable to expect that you can have everything. And in a comparatively menial matter as shopping for course books, such self-righteous indignation seems simply silly...
...write a letter to the Times asking for the murderer not to be taken down by vigilantes or executed by the state, but treated with justice and mercy. It probably wouldn't make a very good movie, but that woman was heroic. She knew that if wrongful violence begets righteous violence, we all become criminals. She was the brave...