{"id":111,"date":"2007-08-29T18:21:40","date_gmt":"2007-08-30T02:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hodakvalue.com\/blog\/?p=111"},"modified":"2007-08-29T18:21:40","modified_gmt":"2007-08-30T02:21:40","slug":"practical-definition-should","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hodakvalue.com\/blog\/practical-definition-should\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical definition: “Should”"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, let’s take a look at the logical content of this statement:<\/p>\n

My opinion is that when you plead guilty to a crime, you shouldn’t serve. That’s not a moral stand. That’s not a holier-than-thou. It’s just a factual situation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That was Senator John McCain. The guy who wanted to be our president.<\/p>\n

Here is clue, John: Any statement that includes the word “should” (or “shouldn’t”) is a moral stand. “Should” statements are not factual. You should go back and get some education.<\/p>\n

And, by the way, anyone who says their attitude is not “holier-than-thou” doth protesteth. But, apparently, they can still get lots of votes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OK, let’s take a look at the logical content of this statement: My opinion is that when you plead guilty to a crime, you shouldn’t serve. That’s not a moral stand. That’s not a holier-than-thou. It’s just a factual situation. That was Senator John McCain. The guy who wanted to be our president. Here is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-practical-definitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hodakvalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hodakvalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hodakvalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hodakvalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hodakvalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/hodakvalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hodakvalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hodakvalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hodakvalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}