Posted on 02/26/2014 7:22:13 PM PST by ReformationFan
For those of you here on FR that have NOT yet read Atlas Shrugged, please do so.
I read it for the 11th or 14th time in Dec of 2012. I have lost exact count.
Whenever I read it, it helps solidify my Conservative views which get laughed at by others.
I keep telling them: “Don’t come to me for help when the SHTF, and remember that “I told you so”.
We used to know these truths, taught these truths and lived these truths.
Once upon a time, we were willing to fight and die to uphold these truths.
Soon, we will fight and die because we stopped.
“The government is slowly dismantling the bill of rights.”
Slowly? I guess the issue of speed is a personal opinion, but from my standpoint the erosion has been rapid.
The police are just about to the point where they can shoot you if you have a bulge in your coat based on what happened to the gent in SC.
“There was a bulge in his coat, I was in fear for my life, so I blew him out of his socks.”
“There was a dog, I was in fear for my life, so I shot the aforementioned teacup Chihuahua.”
These statements are always followed by “The officers actions were proper under the circumstances, though we regret what happened.”
My approach to this is going to be missionary in nature.
“Your cake is going to cost $10,000, and we donate the entire amount to AIDS relief in Africa.”
Let them suck on that. What are they going to say?
Another way to handle it is:
“We are charging you $10,000, and we are donating the entire amount to finding a cure for homosexuality?”
“What do you mean a cure!!!!!”
“Given you didn’t choose to be gay, and given that every afflicted individual deserves every medical intervention that society can innovate, and given the pathetic level of funding in the area of study involving the causes of homosexuality, we’ve decided to make our wedding cakes into a mission area for us.
We charge you $10,000, and we donate every last nickel to research for a cure. God bless you both in your buggery and tribadism. We’ll find a cure someday, together.”
Technically speaking, could a photographer just agree to a “no weddings” policy? I’m not saying I like it but how could someone claim “discrimination” if he’s not offering wedding photography services to anybody? Just trying to think of possible options for someone in this PC totalitarian nightmare we’re living in.
bfl
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