Honor
November 12, 2011
[16th J.P.'s Moment of Common Sense, my weekly oratorial exposition on Broad View, KBZZ 1270 AM Reno. Click on the microphone to listen.]Since yesterday was Veterans Day, I decided to read something I wrote two years ago on Veterans Day. The title is "Honor" and you can listen to the sound file here, as usual, or read the original column here.
Reciting aloud something that was intended for silent reading is not generally a good idea – cadences are different and adherence to grammatical rules is eased for pieces meant to be oral. In the end, the relevance of the subject overruled the objections.
A little inside info: I arrived at the studio early enough to pre-record, something that doesn't usually happen, and then shortly before Jay Davis played the recording on air, she said, "I hope this isn't some kind of personal on-air letter to your father." Heh heh. It is, sort of. Fortunately, it's not until the very end that a listener learns that Harry is my father... too late to prevent broadcasting it to the universe."The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught." – H. L. Mencken
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