Kevin, Thank you. That is the perfect embodiment of liberalism. The average Joe is too stupid for his own good, therefore, the government, run by a bunch of liberal elitists who know better than everyone else what is good for everyone else, make all the rules and tell you what you can and can't do.
Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 4:03 PM Subject: RE: re SUV break > > One of my favorite quotes: "The Government that governs best is > > the Government that governs the least" > > Utopian pipe dream. I would love it if people were smart and responsible > enough to make this quote a viable possibility; unfortunately, as has been > proven in this discussion, people just don't respect the health and welfare > of other people enough to make it realistic. > > Public smoking literally poisons those around you. If, in a smoking > resturaunt, I were to go and drop arsenic into everyone's glass I would be > rightly arrested for poisoning and attempted murder. Smoking in public > releases arsenic and other toxins into the air of those around. > > As we have seen through day to day experience, where there is little or no > Government intervention regarding smoking, people will willingly and > vehemently poison each other. How is that the "Government that governs > best"? This isn't a hypothetical worst-case scenario hyperbole, it's the > day-to-day truth. Without intervention, people ARE directly poisoning those > around them. > > Gas guzzlers driven by people who don't really need them are doing the same. > Poisoning the air and stealing a limited resource from future generations. > Hell, I have absolutely no problem with the tax break that started this > discussion. I know that contractors and others NEED those vehicles. But in > most cases, a car is plenty to cart kids around, we did it in my family. And > I drove a 4-banger in Minnesota with no need of a SUV, 4-wheel drive or any > of that supposed "need" argument of SUV drivers. Hauling a boat? Sure, maybe > it needs a truck, but how often is that truck being used to not hault a boat > or trailer? > > I'm not saying that people shouldn't be allowed to own an SUV. I like them > myself. All I'm saying is that more often than not, people, when there is no > intervention, have absolutely no respect for other people of the present or > future. And without that respect and subsequent responsible action, there is > an unfortunate need for Government intervention just to keep society alive. > > -Kevin > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
