My Moral Code

From my journal; 10/7/68

Ø    I will not needlessly destroy any living thing.  Like the Hopi, I will take only what I need to live and be grateful.
Ø    I will pay bills on time.
Ø    Be reasonably generous and helpful (or at least give it the old college try!)
Ø    I will try as hard as possible not to infringe on the rights of others and will assert that my rights must not be infringed upon.
Ø    No drinking.  I am not an alcoholic.
Ø    No smoking.  I am not a tobacco addict.
Ø    No needles.  I've never used them and never will.
Ø    No marihuana, LSD, peyote, opiates, heroine, codeine, cocaine, morphine
Ø    No barbiturates
Ø    Amphetamines only for weight loss if required.
Ø    No stealing.  If I find money, I return it if possible (except very small amounts in unreturnable situations.)
Ø    No married men.  I have no respect for marriage as an institution; love is all that counts.  But with married men, someone will get hurt.
Ø    Sex for love or pleasure, but only if no one is likely to be hurt.
Ø    No selling sex.  I never have and I never will.
Ø    No censorship, with the exception of child pornography.
Ø    I will try desperately not to be greedy or overly selfish.

The above is a rendering of my moral code as of this day.  I believe that I am somewhat amoral, but not immoral.  I am sitting alone at a table by a window in the library.  I had better start to study soon.

Note, 2007:  This is not the moral code I adhere to today, or at least, not how I would phrase it.  Maybe I will attempt a more current one at some point.