In all the shifting values and judgments, the reasons to respect or reject: the Stand-up Guy, the Friendly Zionist, the Economic Cannibal, the Unreconstructed Rebel, the Heart of Gold, all the angels and anathemas, there is one first thing I require of people: you do what you say you're going to do. That's the rock upon which I build a friend. It is what I ask and what I offer. Where I fail I make no excuse, where you fail it is marked. Everyone falls. You get up and learn to walk. It is an old judgment, an old rock, tagged with graffiti, ringed with dog shit and latte cups, clambered over and pissed upon, mocked and disregarded: there.
originally 1/15/12
originally 1/15/12
