Dark Brightness

Saul Alinsky once said that to make change, require those in power to live up to the standards that You say they should have.

That is: you define the standards and then you accuse them of failure. You set yourself as Judge Dredd — prosecutor, judge, jury. And executioner.

And you never apply the same standards to yourself.

Matthew 11

16″But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another,17 We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;we wailed, and you did not mourn.'18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say;He has a demon;; 19the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ;Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners!; Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

via PCUSA – Devotions – Daily readings for Wednesday, May 26, 2010.