{"id":4309,"date":"2015-09-28T12:55:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T18:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=4309"},"modified":"2015-09-28T13:17:25","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T19:17:25","slug":"thought-of-the-day-fear-the-cowardice-of-the-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=4309","title":{"rendered":"Thought of the day: Fear the cowardice of the content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royceeddington\/21169197864\/\" title=\"Fear the cowardice of the content.\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5752\/21169197864_cfd8f2270b_b.jpg?resize=584%2C438&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Fear the cowardice of the content.\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve all heard that quote from Edmund Burke that &#8220;The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing&#8221;, right?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got an amendment for that.<\/p>\n<p>The content will actively DO terrible things without conscience and allow evil to flourish as much as needed to stay where they are.<\/p>\n<p>Active vs passive.<\/p>\n<p>Fear the cowardice of the content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve all heard that quote from Edmund Burke that &#8220;The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing&#8221;, right? 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