It was made up because I had a stiffer and a standing prick hath no conscience. And if that standing prick is attached to Bruce Robertson then it hath less than no conscience.
He is underambitious in his characterization of morality, cashing out prescriptivity in terms of prevailing expectations rather than objective authority, settling for an account of a sense of obligations rather than obligations themselves, and for empathetic behavior rather than empathetic motivations.
Wintertime a telegraph man had to roundside and overhaul equipment, unless the country happened to be the kind where the deep snows held off and let a post-hole digger get at his doings.
The current global pandemic is almost certainly a formative moment for younger Millennials and Zs as they navigate through similar challenges.
