Lamar Howell's Weblog

I was fifty feet behind the truck before I could read it. Even with 20/20 vision I could not read the sign at 200 feet.

What could break my windshield from a gasoline tanker? A driver, angry that I was within 200 feet, could throw a bottle out his window, I suppose.

My question is – and I think it’s valid –why make a sign that can only be read at one’s peril?

I think that symbolizes what has happened in our culture:

We’re in danger of something hitting the windshield of civility because we’ve broken through the 200-foot moral barrier.

THE EIGHTEEN (WHEELER) COMMANDMENTS

Stay 200 feet away from

the broad metal backside of sin

A mile away from immorality

A league away from lust

Give wild urges a wide berth

Keep a safe distance from damnable doctrines

Avoid vanity and forego ego at all costs

Watch for falling rocks of faithlessness

Don’t be adrift in the wake of wickedness

Finally,

Don’t follow any THING if you cannot

See what is in front of the THING!