Transcript: AAC — 05 Mar 2026 (Q&A)
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WEBVTT 00:00:03.560 --> 00:00:06.260It is the 5th of March, 2026. 00:00:06.260 --> 00:00:07.380 I am Corey J. 00:00:07.380 --> 00:00:10.820 Mahler, and this is At Any Cost. 00:00:10.820 --> 00:00:21.560 This is, I believe it is the 19th episode, and just a little bit of housekeeping before I get started in on the questions this week. 00:00:21.560 --> 00:00:23.520 And really, it's just one issue. 00:00:23.520 --> 00:00:31.360 If you are watching this on YouTube, please let me know if it shows any mid-roll ads whatsoever. 00:00:31.360 --> 00:00:33.840 I have tried to disable all of those. 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:36.400 And so, if it's showing those, it means that there is a problem. 00:00:36.400 --> 00:00:39.400 I don't want any of that going on. 00:00:39.400 --> 00:00:45.640 And I've also tried to disable all of the inappropriate categories on YouTube for advertising. 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:51.040 You can't just disable all advertising because it wouldn't be a Google company if you could do that. 00:00:51.040 --> 00:00:58.140 But at any rate, please let me know if you encounter something that shouldn't be there, whether it's mid-roll or inappropriate. 00:01:00.480 --> 00:01:04.500 But getting into the questions, I have 13 questions. 00:01:04.500 --> 00:01:07.420 I just kind of like the numbers, so we'll see if I can get through that many. 00:01:07.420 --> 00:01:12.320 It's just what I have in my template for questions for each week. 00:01:12.320 --> 00:01:17.140 The first question is about... 00:01:17.140 --> 00:01:18.900 First question is an easy one. 00:01:18.900 --> 00:01:21.480 When are you releasing your Stone Choir clothing line? 00:01:21.720 --> 00:01:27.320 Shirts with the Hebrew is unknown or something like that would make good conversation starters. 00:01:27.320 --> 00:01:30.400 I do actually agree. 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:31.820 That would... 00:01:31.820 --> 00:01:34.860 I send it to Woe as well, and we would like that one. 00:01:34.860 --> 00:01:43.320 It would be great fun to have the Hebrew is uncertain, and perhaps even have that in Greek, just as an added bonus. 00:01:43.320 --> 00:01:45.620 We don't have any current plans to do that. 00:01:45.620 --> 00:01:48.040 We're both pretty picky when it comes to these things. 00:01:48.840 --> 00:02:01.180 So, there would be the issue of finding a producer that is of the appropriate quality and things like that, and preferably, you know, an American producer, or at least a European producer, and then all the logistics and such. 00:02:01.580 --> 00:02:03.240 We've talked about things like that. 00:02:03.240 --> 00:02:05.740 We don't have any concrete plans for that. 00:02:05.740 --> 00:02:13.440 But certainly, something like that would be entertaining, and I think that a lot of guys would enjoy wearing something like that. 00:02:13.440 --> 00:02:19.060 I see someone mentioning in the chat that there's a little more artifacting with this shirt. 00:02:19.060 --> 00:02:23.220 I did actually notice that when I started up my own camera. 00:02:23.220 --> 00:02:33.040 For whatever reason, the combination of my beard and this shirt, particularly YouTube's compression algorithm, does not like it. 00:02:33.040 --> 00:02:41.360 And so there may be some weird artifacting, probably like in this area, I would think, because of the lighting in the beard and things interacting. 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:48.700 The compression algorithm on YouTube has trouble with things that are very fine detail, and this shirt kind of is. 00:02:48.700 --> 00:02:50.060 It's not one... 00:02:50.060 --> 00:02:53.740 It really is a solid color, but it's not because of the kind of fabric that it is. 00:02:53.740 --> 00:02:58.380 So unfortunately, there may be a little bit of weird artifacting from compression. 00:02:58.380 --> 00:03:02.560 But other than that, I hope there are no issues. 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:05.320 The lavalier mic should be fine in terms of sound quality. 00:03:07.440 --> 00:03:11.140 The next question is about... 00:03:11.140 --> 00:03:12.980 This is question two. 00:03:14.580 --> 00:03:22.220 How do I convince a girlfriend that I would like her to wear dresses or skirts and a head covering as much as possible? 00:03:22.220 --> 00:03:24.060 This is going to be one of those. 00:03:24.060 --> 00:03:28.780 As far as skirts and dresses are concerned, much easier than head coverings. 00:03:28.780 --> 00:03:33.380 Part of this is going to be that women are creatures of herd habit. 00:03:34.540 --> 00:03:39.560 Women don't really like to actually stand out from all of the other women. 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:50.240 And so it's one of the reasons that if you can get more women in your church, for instance, to wear head coverings, it makes it easier for each additional woman to wear the head covering. 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:55.520 It's not an excuse for her not to do it, but it's the reality of the thing. 00:03:56.620 --> 00:04:05.260 So if you can get her to wear a head covering at church, that's a great opening step insofar as that is concerned. 00:04:05.260 --> 00:04:11.420 But with dresses and skirts, there's partly the issue that she's not your wife, right? 00:04:11.420 --> 00:04:14.320 So you don't really have authority over her at this point. 00:04:14.320 --> 00:04:16.660 You can't tell her to do anything. 00:04:16.660 --> 00:04:17.960 She's just your girlfriend. 00:04:17.960 --> 00:04:19.880 Her father still has authority over her. 00:04:19.880 --> 00:04:22.300 Her father can tell her to do things. 00:04:22.300 --> 00:04:23.660 She should listen. 00:04:23.660 --> 00:04:27.180 Maybe she won't, given the reality of society we live in these days. 00:04:27.280 --> 00:04:32.800 But you can do things that encourage her to do so. 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:35.080 One of the things, go shopping with her. 00:04:35.080 --> 00:04:37.460 Tell her you like how the skirt or the dress looks. 00:04:37.460 --> 00:04:41.240 Women respond well to positive reinforcement. 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:49.200 And women like to have more of that interaction and more of that feedback than men do generally. 00:04:49.200 --> 00:04:52.240 Few men want to hear those things all the time. 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:55.020 Women want to hear those things all the time. 00:04:55.020 --> 00:04:59.040 Even if she tells you she doesn't want to hear compliments all the time, she still does. 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:01.080 Because psychologically, she's built to want that. 00:05:01.080 --> 00:05:04.840 That's part of the relationship that you are building with a woman. 00:05:04.840 --> 00:05:15.240 And so, if you do things with her and make comments, positive comments, give her compliments, about the clothing that you like, you're reinforcing that. 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:19.740 You don't have to say, you always have to wear a dress. 00:05:19.740 --> 00:05:30.920 That's a different sort of thing, because we're talking about what is ideal in society, and that should be something that is enforced with regard to our laws and our culture and our norms. 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:35.760 That's something that is enforced in a way that you personally don't have complete control over. 00:05:35.760 --> 00:05:39.180 You have some little influence, because every man does. 00:05:39.180 --> 00:05:46.160 And so, for instance, men dressing well when they go to church, that's going to influence other men to some degree. 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:48.080 Men less than women. 00:05:48.080 --> 00:05:57.640 If the women see that every woman at church wears a dress, you are going to find very few women who are going to rebel against that and say, well, I'm going to wear blue jeans. 00:05:57.640 --> 00:05:59.300 Women don't like to do that typically. 00:05:59.300 --> 00:06:06.880 There's a certain streak of rebelliousness in some women, certainly, but by and large, she's going to follow the herd. 00:06:06.880 --> 00:06:15.620 So, the best thing you can do, because again, you're not her head yet, she's not your wife, is just give her the encouragement to do these things. 00:06:15.620 --> 00:06:21.740 Say you like the dress, say you like the skirt, hopefully an appropriate length skirt and such, and go shopping with her. 00:06:22.340 --> 00:06:28.320 There's nothing wrong with that, maybe it's a little bit of suffering as a man, but you know, you can deal with it. 00:06:28.320 --> 00:06:31.440 Take a sip of tea here before we get to question three. 00:06:35.760 --> 00:06:38.500 Actually, tangentially related to the tea. 00:06:40.820 --> 00:06:43.800 Relatively tangential, but it's about microplastics. 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:48.260 Question three, what are your tips on protecting oneself from microplastics? 00:06:48.260 --> 00:06:53.520 I have bought some tweezers to handle receipts, and all my underwear is 100% cotton. 00:06:53.520 --> 00:06:55.400 What are some lesser known tips? 00:06:55.400 --> 00:06:57.960 The underwear thing is actually really big. 00:06:57.960 --> 00:07:04.840 And I think a lot of guys underestimate that one, and incidentally, women as well. 00:07:04.840 --> 00:07:09.900 Maybe harder to sell women on that for some reasons, but by all means, get cotton or linen. 00:07:09.900 --> 00:07:11.320 There are some great options out there. 00:07:11.320 --> 00:07:19.560 They aren't necessarily cheap, but if you get, for instance, linen and take good care of it, it'll last you years and years and years. 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:23.060 So, that's worth doing. 00:07:23.060 --> 00:07:43.220 Now, many of the linen options and, indeed, cotton as well, you're not going to have zero plastic because they will usually have an elastic band, but as long as it is encased in linen or cotton so it's not touching your skin, and you don't put it in the dryer so it doesn't degrade as much, you're fine. 00:07:43.220 --> 00:07:45.840 Is there some marginal exposure there? 00:07:45.840 --> 00:07:46.280 Sure. 00:07:46.280 --> 00:07:49.120 So if you're concerned about that, get one that has drawstrings. 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:51.160 I'm not aware of any brands that do that. 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:52.600 I'm sure they're out there. 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:54.280 Probably easy to find. 00:07:55.820 --> 00:08:02.260 On a more general note, before I get to some basic recommendations for avoiding this stuff, don't go overboard. 00:08:02.260 --> 00:08:06.460 Don't let this sort of become your personality, certainly. 00:08:06.460 --> 00:08:08.980 Don't become neurotic about it. 00:08:08.980 --> 00:08:14.000 Partly because you can't avoid all of the microplastics. 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:15.200 There's no way to do it. 00:08:15.200 --> 00:08:15.940 It's impossible. 00:08:16.780 --> 00:08:19.700 There are microplastics in just everything. 00:08:19.700 --> 00:08:28.240 It's in the air, it's in the soil, it's everywhere, it's on surfaces you touch, it's on the food you buy at the store, it's in some of the food you buy at the store. 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:31.860 I'm not telling you these things to make you neurotic about it or worry. 00:08:31.860 --> 00:08:38.460 I'm saying you can't avoid all of it, and so don't make that your goal. 00:08:38.460 --> 00:08:50.460 Make your goal the minimization of the really big, in terms of magnitude, exposures, the bad exposures, which that you can certainly avoid. 00:08:50.460 --> 00:08:56.240 You can, for instance, buy Pyrex storage containers to use in your kitchen. 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:57.380 They're better. 00:08:57.380 --> 00:08:59.760 They're vastly superior. 00:08:59.760 --> 00:09:04.620 I have replaced most of my plastic ones with Pyrex at this point. 00:09:04.620 --> 00:09:08.800 One thing in particular, I use clarified butter for cooking a lot. 00:09:08.800 --> 00:09:17.220 Plastic has a tendency to get little micro, basically, cuts in it, little openings, where it's very hard to get all the bacteria out. 00:09:17.220 --> 00:09:22.620 Yes, you can run it through your dishwasher, but that increases microplastics because you're exposing it to high temperature. 00:09:22.620 --> 00:09:33.840 But it's harder to sanitize and sterilize plastic, and so things that you want to keep for a long period of time will not keep as long in plastic. 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:36.800 My Pyrex that I use now for... 00:09:36.800 --> 00:09:38.700 Those who don't know Pyrex is a type of glass. 00:09:39.920 --> 00:09:48.240 The Pyrex that I use for clarified butter, zero problems, keeps for a very long time, great way to go. 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:49.760 Are they more expensive? 00:09:49.760 --> 00:09:50.920 Yes. 00:09:50.920 --> 00:09:53.740 Are they fragile to some degree? 00:09:53.740 --> 00:09:55.320 I mean, Pyrex is very durable. 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:57.440 Granted, there are two different kinds of Pyrex. 00:09:57.440 --> 00:10:02.040 I'm not going to get into that now, but are they breakable? 00:10:02.040 --> 00:10:03.280 The answer is yes. 00:10:03.280 --> 00:10:04.760 You can actually break them. 00:10:05.380 --> 00:10:08.960 But they're reasonably durable. 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:12.400 They're going to last you a lifetime as long as you don't break them. 00:10:12.400 --> 00:10:14.480 But lots of things are breakable. 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:15.980 You have to be careful with things. 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:17.760 My tea cup is Pyrex. 00:10:17.760 --> 00:10:18.300 It's glass. 00:10:18.300 --> 00:10:20.440 Like, this is breakable as well. 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:22.420 I have a lot of glass things on my desk. 00:10:22.420 --> 00:10:24.540 So just because something's breakable doesn't mean it's worse. 00:10:24.540 --> 00:10:26.540 It just is a consideration. 00:10:26.540 --> 00:10:29.100 The inkwells on my desk are glass. 00:10:29.100 --> 00:10:32.260 So that's a good option, because this is something you're putting food in all the time. 00:10:33.100 --> 00:10:36.740 And maybe you're even reheating food in it. 00:10:36.740 --> 00:10:45.860 So, when you mix plastic and heat, you're going to have greater exposure, generally speaking, to microplastics. 00:10:45.860 --> 00:10:49.960 So don't drink water from the plastic bottle that you left in the sun. 00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:55.280 By and large, try to drink water and other things from things that aren't plastic. 00:10:55.300 --> 00:10:56.220 Use glass. 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:57.880 Use stainless steel. 00:10:57.880 --> 00:10:59.880 Stainless steel is great for a lot of drinks. 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:01.960 It stays cooler. 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:04.240 It feels nicer when you're drinking from it. 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:09.220 So, for instance, if you're living somewhere warm like I am in the south, in the summer, it's nicer to have that. 00:11:09.220 --> 00:11:10.360 You can keep them cool. 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:12.500 Some of them are insulated. 00:11:12.500 --> 00:11:14.960 I mostly have Hydroflask stuff. 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:16.700 I'm not necessarily saying go with them. 00:11:16.700 --> 00:11:19.220 I've found their products to be well made. 00:11:19.220 --> 00:11:20.660 I'm not sponsored by them. 00:11:20.660 --> 00:11:22.260 I don't get anything for saying that. 00:11:22.260 --> 00:11:23.940 I just use them and I like them. 00:11:23.940 --> 00:11:26.480 So that's another good way. 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:29.640 Basically, you're trying to avoid the microplastics. 00:11:29.700 --> 00:11:33.260 You have exposure to, with regard to food and drink. 00:11:33.260 --> 00:11:34.500 It's an easy way to eliminate. 00:11:34.500 --> 00:11:36.780 And then obviously, the clothing issue. 00:11:36.780 --> 00:11:38.580 If you can... 00:11:38.580 --> 00:11:40.060 Underwear, probably the biggest one. 00:11:40.060 --> 00:11:41.880 Socks, another big one. 00:11:41.880 --> 00:11:45.640 You're going to have a very hard time avoiding all plastic and socks. 00:11:45.640 --> 00:11:53.540 And in fact, in some cases, so performance socks for hiking and things like that, you basically will not be able to avoid 100%. 00:11:54.620 --> 00:11:57.820 But you can get something that's 90, 95% not plastic. 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:01.600 That's better than 100% certainly. 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:05.540 You're not aiming for perfection, because perfection is sort of a systemic issue. 00:12:05.540 --> 00:12:10.040 Things have to change all up and down the production line. 00:12:10.040 --> 00:12:12.460 You're doing what you can do on your end. 00:12:12.460 --> 00:12:16.620 So replace your underwear with things that aren't plastic. 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:20.320 Replace your socks with things that are at least mostly not plastic. 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:24.740 Buy shirts that are made from actual materials instead of plastic. 00:12:26.280 --> 00:12:28.160 You'd be surprised how many things are plastic these days. 00:12:28.160 --> 00:12:28.820 It's unfortunate. 00:12:28.820 --> 00:12:33.380 But these are the sort of steps that you can take in your daily life. 00:12:33.380 --> 00:12:35.920 And they're not that difficult. 00:12:35.920 --> 00:12:41.220 There's going to be a little bit more initial investment, but it pays off in the long term. 00:12:41.220 --> 00:12:45.060 But the fundamental point is just don't get neurotic about it. 00:12:45.060 --> 00:12:50.580 Avoid the things you can, and don't worry about the things you can't avoid, because you can't avoid. 00:12:50.580 --> 00:12:51.500 Worrying will make it better. 00:12:52.640 --> 00:12:59.660 You mentioned labels, and yes, there is microplastic exposure with regard to thermal paper and things like that. 00:12:59.660 --> 00:13:00.560 I don't avoid it 100%. 00:13:01.420 --> 00:13:06.880 If you ordered a Stone Quire Challenge coin or a Confident Faith one, you know that the label is indeed thermal paper. 00:13:06.880 --> 00:13:09.000 I have the label printer right here at my desk. 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:09.540 I'm looking at it. 00:13:09.540 --> 00:13:19.540 It's out of the camera view, but I use it because the amount of time that I save by using a label printer versus handwriting each label is immense. 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:22.820 So, is there a trade-off there? 00:13:22.820 --> 00:13:31.160 Yes, there's a trade-off, but I don't think the exposure is necessarily of such a magnitude that I have to be particularly worried about it. 00:13:31.160 --> 00:13:37.340 And by and large, you can avoid touching receipts these days just by paying with a credit card or your phone. 00:13:37.340 --> 00:13:43.040 Use your Apple Pay or your Google Wallet or whatever, and then you have the receipt electronically stored. 00:13:43.040 --> 00:13:47.440 You don't need the paper anyway, unless, of course, you go to CVS, in which case they force you to take the thing. 00:13:49.500 --> 00:14:01.580 So, the next question, let me pull that up, question four, why is the Magdeburg Confession not part of the Book of Concord? 00:14:01.580 --> 00:14:04.340 It seems like it should be. 00:14:04.340 --> 00:14:15.700 And for those who don't know what the Magdeburg Confession is, basically, it is an explanation of the doctrine of the lesser magistrate, which is Christian resistance to wicked rulers, more or less. 00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:20.600 So, it's on the use of force by Christians, but in a particular circumstance. 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:30.740 It is the Lutheran statement of it, but it is also sort of the earliest full treatment of it with regard to that doctrine, certainly in that way. 00:14:31.760 --> 00:14:34.460 And should it be in the Book of Concord? 00:14:34.460 --> 00:14:54.420 I think it should probably be included in a collection of confessional documents, not necessarily in the Book of Concord itself, because the Book of Concord was meant specifically to deal with theological issues that were in contention between the Lutherans and Rome, and in many cases, the Lutherans and the Reformed. 00:14:54.420 --> 00:15:08.020 Because the reason the Reformed were included, in essence, is because Rome tried to lump Lutherans in with the Reformed, to just say, you're all Protestants, you're all whatever, you're all heretics, is really what they were calling us. 00:15:09.300 --> 00:15:18.800 But we felt that we needed to distinguish what we teach versus what the Reformed teach, because we're not the same, we are not identical, we do not teach the same things. 00:15:18.800 --> 00:15:27.500 But that was the point of the Book of Concord, and then solving some disputes among Lutherans as well, with regard to a couple documents, the formula of Concord. 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:37.300 But the point was not a full statement of the Christian religion, or a full statement of every facet of doctrine and theology that could ever arise. 00:15:37.300 --> 00:15:46.600 In fact, the authors themselves recognized that there are issues that will need to be addressed in the future by other men, because they're not addressed in the Book of Concord. 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:49.260 It's not a full statement of all these things. 00:15:49.260 --> 00:15:52.980 And so, it didn't aim to be that, and so it is not that. 00:15:52.980 --> 00:15:55.500 That's why the Magdeburg Confession is not included. 00:15:55.500 --> 00:16:00.940 So, I would say, in a collection of confessional documents, absolutely it should be in there. 00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:06.880 But it's not in the Book of Concord for a number of reasons, just not what the book is, what the confessional book is. 00:16:11.040 --> 00:16:13.220 Question 5. 00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:19.980 How to discern if helping a neighbor is helping an enemy? 00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:23.460 Those whom you come across are your neighbor when you meet them. 00:16:23.460 --> 00:16:29.800 But is it ever appropriate to not help them because doing so is helping someone who seeks to destroy you, whether now or later? 00:16:29.800 --> 00:16:35.980 For example, helping a non-white with workout advice, although it seems that very soon nation will rise against nation. 00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:42.480 This is a difficult question, and part of it is going to be a matter of conscience. 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:44.340 What is your conscience telling you you need to do? 00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:49.120 God gave you a conscience, you should employ it, you should not ignore it. 00:16:49.120 --> 00:17:00.420 And the question is, can someone, basically the underlying ultimate question here is, can someone who is in physical proximity, who would otherwise be a neighbor, be an enemy instead? 00:17:01.160 --> 00:17:07.760 The answer is obviously yes, because if you're on a battlefield, the guy next to you may very well not be your friend. 00:17:07.760 --> 00:17:16.680 And so, just because someone is physically proximate does not mean that he qualifies as a biblical neighbor to whom you must render aid. 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:20.660 There are times where he's going to be an enemy and you should not render him aid. 00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:33.200 And so, for instance, if you are going out and feeding the homeless or the less fortunate, those in poverty, those who've lost jobs, the injured, disabled, etc. 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:40.320 at all, if you are going out and feeding those individuals or otherwise helping them, you should focus on the members of your own nation. 00:17:40.320 --> 00:17:43.640 You should focus on those people who should be here. 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:50.560 Do not go out and do that with regard to those who should not be here, because they shouldn't be here. 00:17:50.560 --> 00:17:54.640 And their presence here is harmful to the members of your own nation. 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:59.640 And so, by helping them, you would actually be harming those to whom you owe a higher duty. 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:11.060 Now, does that mean that you never, under any circumstances, render aid to someone who, under some analysis, is wrongfully in your country? 00:18:11.060 --> 00:18:13.100 I'm going to say no. 00:18:13.100 --> 00:18:25.320 For instance, if you are out boating, right, you're out fishing or something, and you see someone who shouldn't be in this country, and he's drowning, do you throw him a life ring? 00:18:25.320 --> 00:18:26.580 The answer is probably yes. 00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:30.380 You generally do indeed throw him the life ring. 00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:33.200 That's a different sort of thing. 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:42.040 And I'm not going to say you always, absolutely, in every case have a duty to do so, but generally speaking, you have a duty to render aid under those circumstances. 00:18:42.040 --> 00:18:46.040 And that's always been the understanding, even in European law. 00:18:46.040 --> 00:18:48.660 The US is actually a weird outlier when it comes to that. 00:18:48.660 --> 00:18:53.500 There's sort of no general duty, legal, positive law duty, to render aid in the US. 00:18:54.680 --> 00:19:02.940 Modulo's state differences and distinctives, but that's the general rule in the US for weird historical reasons. 00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:11.700 But insofar as the neighbor in terms of proximity is concerned, no, the person is not always your neighbor in terms of those to whom you owe a duty of aid. 00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:16.860 So, employ the wisdom God has given you, and listen to your conscience. 00:19:16.860 --> 00:19:20.680 There are going to be times where, no, you should not render that sort of aid. 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:31.760 But, by and large, I just don't think it's going to come up in a practical sense, because all of us are limited in terms of our resources, and particularly just our time. 00:19:31.760 --> 00:19:34.700