Casey Stanton | The Blog of a Drifter

Restorative versus Retributive Justice

Casey — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:28:08 +0000

Retributive Justice is something I first heard about from Marshall Rosenberg in the “Nonviolent Communication” training CD’s. Here is Wiki’s explaination of what it means: “Retributive justice is a theory of justice that considers that punishment, if proportionate, is a morally acceptable response to crime, with an eye to the satisfaction and psychological benefits it [...]

Pepperdog is longdogboarding

Casey — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:48:34 +0000

Posted in Uncategorized

Camellas on Terpsichore

Casey — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:44:11 +0000

Posted in New Orleans Photography

Saturn & her rings — Photographs

Casey — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:27:59 +0000

Posted in Photography

This video really amazed me today. Enjoy it!

A sense of wonder so indestructible…

Casey — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:03:00 +0000

Posted in Quotes

“If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantments of later [...]

TEDx | Stephen Coleman: The moral dangers of non-lethal weapons

Casey — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:38:30 +0000

Posted in Blog

GREAT video on the problems with non-lethal weapons. Worth a watch. http://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_coleman_the_moral_dangers_of_non_lethal_weapons.html

Joy over sadness

Casey — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:41:00 +0000

Posted in Buddhism Lifestyle Design

Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation. ~ Andre Gide

Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation. – Andre Gide

Noble Eight-Fold Path for Kindle and eBook Readers

Casey — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:38:01 +0000

Posted in Buddhism Lifestyle Design

I sit weekly with an Insight Group in New Orleans, and during the recent dhamma talks, we started working through the Noble Eight Fold Path. Larry, who is leading the group, passed a link to read about Right View at http://www.vipassana.com/resources/8fp0.php Links to the .txt files individually: The Way to the End of Suffering Right [...]

First Photography Experience in New Orleans

Casey — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:44:49 +0000

Posted in Lifestyle Design Photography

First published on: May 1, 2011 on another blog of mine. Last night, I attended an event that I found on Meetup. Local photographers get together to shoot interesting events, movement and help each other get better. I arrived at 8pm, just as the event was about to start. As I unloaded my car, two [...]

Nonviolent Communication Online Groups

Casey — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:15:35 +0000

Posted in Nonviolent Communication

I found this list as a downloadable, and is therefore not mine. I am republishing it for the general benefit of the NVC community, and will remove it if the author requests. This list references groups that exist in different themes using the technology of NVC, as defined by Marshall Rosenberg. I am a member [...]