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Re: Preaching to the Choir
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 10 Aug 2004 08:24:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks wrote:
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I just drew the
lucky card -- so I get a lifetime of relative comfort and ease? I have a
very hard time expressing how screwed up I think that is.
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Well, Chris, that’s life. Life is unfair. And no amount of social
engineering is going to change that. The best we can do is assist our fellow
men and they us, and together we will muddle through life the best we can.
But what I don’t understand is how on one hand you can be a freedom-lover,
and on the other be a sweater-socialist. I don’t begrudge those who have
been blessed financially, but I am rather critical when they don’t use their
resources to help others. If I ever won the lottery (if I were to play the
lottery), I would instantly change occupations to become a philanthropist.
The difference is: I want the freedom to be charitable, not forced by a
government to do so.
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...and the cute animal and children’s charities win every time.
An example.
Scott A
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Not every time. But the alternative is for me to give $100 for charity to a government, and the government takes $93 of it to sustain its own bureaucracy and $7 gets to the people who will benefit from it. Not very efficient. JOHN (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Well, Chris, that's life. Life is unfair. And no amount of social engineering is going to change that. The best we can do is assist our fellow men and they us, and together we will muddle through life the best we can. But what I don't (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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