The Onion

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28151

I despise The Onion, but in a good way. The Onion, despite being a joke news site, makes me think all too often. Like the one I linked too above. It was a news article, written respectfully after the September 11th attacks. Read it for yourself. It's works your mind a bit.

I like how it talks about the relation between the religions for at least one rule. In fact, here's the quote that really says it: "Can't you people see? What are you, morons? There are a ton of different religious traditions out there, and different cultures worship Me in different ways. But the basic message is always the same: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Shintoism... every religious belief system under the sun, they all say you're supposed to love your neighbors, folks! It's not that hard a concept to grasp."

The truth of that made me laugh a little bit, actually. We all borrow from the same mentality. There is no place on earth that commends people for running from battle or from stealing from your neighbor. Everyone follows some law, some unwritten rule set that is ingrained within us. It separates us from being merely lifeless vessels. Imagine the world where with no conscience, without guilt, without compassion. It would be, in simple terms, a trainwreck.

We are all bound by one presiding notion. A figurative book of precedents.