Sunday 8 September 2013

Modern virtues

On the plane here, a German woman had a tattoo on her arm reading:
Freiheit
Mut
Toleranz
Vertrauen

(Freedom, courage, tolerance, trust)

Admirable, I suppose, but courage is the only overlap with traditional virtues. The others are about not judging, or perhaps the idea that there is nothing to judge, even for God.





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2 comments:

  1. Perhaps she should have worn:
    Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe und Frieden
    Faith Hope, Love and Peace
    The only permanent tattoo should have been in her heart.
    Chris.

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  2. She could have been someone who has spent her life defending the rights of others or maybe she just wants to be allowed to do whatever she wants, whenever she wants, to whomever she wants!

    It reminds me of slogans like "Make Poverty History" or "Stable Population" - we need more information than that!

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