What’s Immoral?
(An alphabetized laundry list aspiring to become a poem)
Ageism is immoral
Animal abuse is immoral
Assault and battery is immoral
Capitalism is immoral
Censorship is immoral
Cheating is immoral
Child abuse is immoral
Child labor is immoral
Corporal punishment is immoral.
Death penalty is immoral
Dictatorship is immoral
Elder abuse is immoral
Greed is immoral
Homophobia is immoral
Hypocrisy is immoral
Imperialism is immoral
Labor exploitation is immoral
Lying is immoral
Misogyny is immoral
Murder is immoral
Polluting the earth is immoral
Racism is immoral
Rape is immoral
Selfishness is immoral
Sexism is immoral
Slavery is immoral
Stealing is immoral
Strikebreaking is immoral
Torture is immoral
Totalitarianism is immoral
Union-busting is immoral
War is immoral
Xenophobia is immoral
—By Harry Siitonen, Oct. 1, 2008