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  •  Holy Shit. (none / 1)

    That is the most vile shit I have seen all day... and I thought this was bad: Ayn Rand Institute: US Should Not Aid Tsunami Victims

    "Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion." - Oscar Wilde

    by LeftHandedMan on Thu Dec 30, 2004 at 11:31:47 PM PDT

    •  Forgive my language, but that is evil (none / 1)

      and what's worse... these are the kind of 'moral values' people backing the "leadership" coming out of the White House, the U.S. House and Senate right now.

      "Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion." - Oscar Wilde

      by LeftHandedMan on Thu Dec 30, 2004 at 11:33:45 PM PDT

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      •  These people (none / 0)

        Fred Phelps and the gang are not representative of the people that voted on so called moral values. These people are the extreme of the extreme right.

        "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin

        by bluestateLIBertarian on Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 12:47:13 AM PDT

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    •  Dumb logic from the link (none / 1)

      The reason politicians can get away with doling out money that they have no right to and that does not belong to them is that they have the morality of altruism on their side. According to altruism--the morality that most Americans accept and that politicians exploit for all it's worth--those who have more have the moral obligation to help those who have less. This is why Americans--the wealthiest people on earth--are expected to sacrifice (voluntarily or by force) the wealth they have earned to provide for the needs of those who did not earn it."

      The right to give out money is the right of legitamacy that stems from elections (when fair and valid).  We elect representatives to carry out our values - inlcuding the value of altruism.  These people really don't understand democracy.  

      by Liberation Learning on Thu Dec 30, 2004 at 11:36:12 PM PDT

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