{"id":256552,"date":"2020-07-25T16:10:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T23:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=256552"},"modified":"2020-07-25T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T23:19:00","slug":"the-sword-must-cut-both-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/25\/the-sword-must-cut-both-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sword Must Cut Both Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With human affairs and with morals and ethics, the sword must cut both ways. Which means \u00e2\u20ac\u201d dynamic symmetry in human ethics and how we talk and treat one another. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to treat others \u00e2\u20ac\u0153equally\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1668\" height=\"2224\" data-attachment-id=\"256556\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/25\/the-sword-must-cut-both-ways\/5ae11ad3-67d8-4a3e-8ae5-00a1f4e7340e\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/5AE11AD3-67D8-4A3E-8AE5-00A1F4E7340E.png?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1668,2224\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like how others treat you in a certain way, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do it to others (silver rule of ethics). Also if someone is an asshole to you (after you started off being a nice guy), fight back. Bite back. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let others walk over you, take advantage of you, or bully you around. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Traditional morality and ethics is typically a trap <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What is the most effective way to control people? Through <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/08\/morality-and-ethics-is-the-snare\/\">morality and ethics<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/ZTzew0yC?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/25\/anti-body-body-shaming\/\">Anti Body Body Shaming<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let others force you to think, act, or talk a certain way.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All notions of political correctness is a suggestion, not a law. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With human affairs and with morals and ethics, the sword must cut both ways. 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