Pax Nortona – A Blog by Joel Sax
From the Land of the Lost Blunderbuss
Conscience: A New Web Ring
Posted on April 3, 2003 in Site News
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Too many people were saying “I feel alone”. Good people who do not wish to see the wanton destruction of human life for the sake of a few dollars.
I started a new webring called Conscience after reading the responses to my Open Letter to Jeanne d’Arc. Elsewhere I saw Donna post a song by Tori Amos which spoke to the feeling of being “crucified”. I replied:
Donna, I have to tell you a grim truth: the reason why you suffer so badly isn’t that you’re cynical: deep down you believe that human beings can behave better than they do, reach for higher stars, and you’re FUCKING PISSED OFF that they won’t.
Me, too, friend.
Mere words weren’t enough. So last night, after speaking with Lynn, we started a web ring for those who felt alone because they believed so deeply in the worth and dignity of other human beings that they would not add their endorsement of wars, environmental destruction, torture, and other affronts to human dignity and worth:
Conscience is expressly for people who ~know~ deep in their hearts that war, environmental destruction, and torture are affronts to human dignity. Your views may be founded on simple compassion for other people or a belief in God or a higher power of another sort. This rings welcomes all religions and philosophies which cherish human existence as a thing not to be senselessly squandered. We do not tolerate hatred for reasons of national origin, race, creed, or sexuality. We especially welcome weblogs. This is for individuals, not organizations.
This ring is not for the uncertain or the undecided. You must be ready to affirm that people — all people — matter.
If this sounds like a place for you, click here.
Watch for a weblog, too, hosted at this site.
