Reader Response
May, 2006
Master and CommandmentsHow do I reply to your article by Bernard Gert ("The New Ten Commandments," February)? His Pollyanna viewpoint is why our country and world are in the shape they are in. Take his first commandment, "Do not kill." Are we not to eat meat, seafood or vegetables? Many people have to kill every day to survive. My version would be, "Do not commit murder"--meaning do not kill with malice. And consider number five: "Do not deprive of pleasure.&qu...
