THE GOOD WORD ACCORDING TO · THE ULTRA-HARRIER
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Harry makes funny cracks on the radioHarry’s Two Commandments
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For example, there was the time that a caller asked Harry about having political causes,
2Which it sounded like Harry was against,
3Because it is such a waste of time to worry about the rights of bothers,
4cWhen you can pursue your own desires instead,
5And so the caller asked Harry, “Should I just forget about all these causes that I have believed in,
6“And gotten worked up about,
7“And feel so strongly about?”
8Thereupon Harry answered the caller without even the slightest hesitation or thought, saying,
9dWhat have I ever said that would make you ask such a question?
10Have I not stated quite plainly,
11Many times before,
12eThat the mote in your neighbor’s eye is far more offensive than the beam in your own eye.
13What is easier or more pleasurable or more exemplary of my way than to go looking for motes in the eyes of others,
14fInstead of thinking for even a single second about the beam in your own eye,
15Which is yours after all,
16gAnd perfect just the way it is?
17And so I say to you: Go!
18Hunt ruthlessly for motes in every eye.
19hPoint the finger of blame at every mote you see.
20iPersecute those who have motes.
21Make their lives unendurable.
22jAnd if ever a beam in your own eye gives you pain, carve it into motes also, and then cast these motes into the eyes of others,
23aSo that you can blame them, and persecute them, and so forth,
24Without thinking about it at all.
25And be certain that if you do all that I have prescribed, you are indeed following my way like nobody’s business.
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