Untold Truths

As often as not, when investigating the cause of any trespass or the like, it seems that the truth is ascertained by what is not said by others as much as by what is said.

AVT  (February, 2016)

Secretive Truths

Once an entity appears to care more for the secrets it keeps than the entity cares for the revealing of truth in any given situation, at that point in time nothing the entity states is generally perceived as truthful by anyone.  This is especially so when the truth that was withheld could affect the safety and well-being of others from whom the truth is kept.  When this scenario comes to pass, it seems that nearly any amount of innuendo, hearsay, or pretextual fabrications about that untruthful entity can no longer be dismissed out-of-hand, regardless of how outlandish are any such claims about that potentially untruthful entity.  Again, this would be so because that seemingly untruthful entity then no longer would be perceived as truthful upon its denial of any outlandish claims to the contrary.  

AVT (December, 2014)

Truth and Right

When any situation is reduced to its lowest common denominator or proportionality – so to speak, Truth and Right become more readily apparent.



AVT (April, 2012)

Necesse est ut eam, non ut vivam.

Necesse est ut eam, non ut vivam. 

It is necessary to go, not to live.

(Implying: the duty of going to war, to sea, etc.)

Attributed to Lord Bacon as well as various bureaucrats/military leaders of the Roman Empire.

Modernly, however, the phrase has come to mean or to be associated with the fact that society will not excuse the killing of innocent others merely for the purpose of preserving or saving oneself.  That is to say, when faced with imminent personal peril, one is not excused to kill another innocent individual even if such an act would remove the peril altogether. And while many among us may wonder why anyone would think along such lines much less need to be reminded of the wrongfulness of killing innocents, it seems all too often that society is faced with one that didn’t understand this simple rule.

"To preserve one's life generally speaking is a duty, but it may be the plainest and highest duty to sacrifice it. ... Though law and morality are not the same, and many things may be immoral which are not necessarily illegal, yet the absolute divorce of law from morality would be of fatal consequence[.]"  Regina v. Dudley and Stephens, 14 Q.B.D. 273 (1884).

AVT (April, 2012)

PS.  Mind you, should there be any that need to hear such - given the modern world, there is no purpose for this blog entry other than the fact that I believed the saying to be an interesting proverb-like statement with an interesting history behind it as well.  :)

Commit to Truth.

Commit to Truth...

…We will survive evil and uphold the vision of Freedom and Peace.


(From a book of teachings)