<p>I’m just curious about how people would respond to this.</p>
<p>As for my personal commandments:</p>
<ul>
<li>Don’t be sadistic</li>
<li>Don’t cheat on exams (as for homework, this is more ambiguous, especially in classes that assign lots of busywork) [and since a <em>few</em> people can learn just as well without homework]</li>
<li>Lying is undesirable and should be avoided (if possible), and should only be used with respect to those one cannot trust.</li>
<li>Archive everything because you never know when people will delete the most valuable things online</li>
<li>(non-personal) information deserves to be free so share</li>
<li>Don’t dislike people, only judge them based on incompatibility</li>
<li>Trust what you can do by yourself over what an institution/other people can do for you. Laissez-faire is the most desirable means (there are some exceptions)</li>
<li>Be intellectually honest to yourself. Keep a distance from people you can’t be intellectually honest with.</li>
<li>Assume that people are able to discern what’s best for themselves for most cases (there are exceptions). Let people do what they want to do (even if illegal) so long as they don’t hurt (or potentially hurt) others in the process.</li>
</ul>
<p>Oh and sins:
Sadism
Intolerance (except intolerance towards intolerance :p)
<ol>
<li>i am insignificant in the scheme of everything, therefore i should spend my extremely short life with whatever keeps me <em>relatively satisfied</em> i.e.:</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>try to be not awkward</li>
<li>be efficient, cheat whenever it’s convenient and safe, since the system has cheated me so much, and it’s all corrupt anyway</li>
<li>try to have moderation</li>
<li>do what i can now while i am shackled by “childhood” to optimize my freedoms in the future</li>
<li>consider consequences</li>
</ul>
<ol>
<li>don’t lock myself into one particular viewpoint on anything, acknowledge that new perspectives and information are always being gained and analyzed so don’t consider anything to be factual</li>
</ol>
<p>i agree with all of yours, ik, except don’t cheat on exams, especially ******** exams (ie my test tomorrow, memorize every country and capitol in africa.)</p>
<p>LOL those exams… hmm…yeah… I don’t have to deal with those exams anymore… :p</p>
<p>I don’t have a lot of respect for school, but I still have tremendous respect for exams (especially those of the standardized kind), as they are the only fair way to test important knowledge.</p>
<ul>
<li>write things/do homework as if you did them for someone you’d teach to (i.e. write COMMENTS). [this is why I try to LaTeX my homework and thoughts whenever possible now]. This is also why I try to do as many assignments/writings as I can on a computer so that they’re easier to distribute to others.</li>
<li>avoid unnecessary waste (I consider meat as one form of unnecessary waste - you can find the logic for that online since I’m tired of explaining that)</li>
<li>avoid unnecessary calories (this is personal, specific to me)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>attribute everything that deserves attribution (even in your own notes) [gah I wish I could edit posts; it looks like I’m lecturing people now =/]. i should type them up privately now.</li>
<li>don’t tell people things that they won’t remember</li>
</ul>
<p>-be honest (don’t lie)
-be caring (I think that not caring is the worst thing you can do to someone)
-try to be more social
-control emotions (such as, I shouldn’t get angry for no reason)
-do your best/don’t give up just because something seems impossible (I’ve gotten people angry at me for this one…)
-stop procrastinating (this is a big problem…)
-speak out when you can, if you believe in something</p>
<p>The genius of the Ten Commandments, or the Decalogue – aside from its divine transmission (shout-out to my Christian and Jewish brothers and sisters!) – is that they are exhaustive in terms of moral acts, whether physical and mental. Specific cases can always be traced back to the Ten, if one cares to really think about them deeply. Hence, the Ten Commandments are my personal commandments/moral codes. </p>
<p>For reference, here they are (in traditional Roman Catholic catechismal formula)…</p>
<ol>
<li><p>I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them. </p></li>
<li><p>Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. </p></li>
<li><p>Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day. </p></li>
<li><p>Honor thy father and thy mother. </p></li>
<li><p>Thou shalt not kill. </p></li>
<li><p>Thou shalt not commit adultery. </p></li>
<li><p>Thou shalt not steal. </p></li>
<li><p>Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. </p></li>
<li><p>Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife. </p></li>
<li><p>Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s goods.</p></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>be trustworthy…when needed</li>
<li>be nice to people even when you dont like them</li>
<li>dont be afraid to be different.</li>
<li>dont lie to parents</li>
</ol>