On Jul 16, 2007, at 11:00 PM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: > Pete Theisen wrote: >> >> Everyone is a heartbeat away from this. Should I be killed, or >> supported? > > Killed. >
It's wishy-washy liberals like Ricardo that make the whole lot seem so... indecisive. LOL! BTW Pete for future reference never give a lefty a binary choice opportunity between killing or supporting a conservative. You'll find out how compassionate they really are REAL FAST. ;) WRT Derek's indictment of your conservatism, I think anyone in a desperate situation is bound to espouse situationally liberal views, which on a few matters you clearly do (the whole salary cap and security net thing). It's why liberalism is fundamentally wrong- headed, even if it is rooted in some perfectly natural and explainable human impulses. It's a reaction to the short end of the vast indifference of things, which really aren't affected by it let alone impressed by it (these things being, well, by definition vastly indifferent). Our individual needs (and, for that matter, our individual failings) are very much orthogonal concerns to the machinery of existence, which operates according to laws we cannot change but may, by clever observance, use them to our advantage. For this we need collectively to agree on how to use those laws to our mutual benefit. So in this regard government is a necessary and good thing. But invariably government starts to get the idea that it can change those laws or make them up at will by legislative fiat.... and that's when things go downhill in a hurry. - Bob > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
