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To: E. Pluribus Unum
You made that up

I read Aquinas and Belloc, and the Holy Bible. I did not make anything up. Also, why is there such interest in my person? Please discuss the article and the ensuing posts. I do.

Interest/usury is...

Not all interest is usury, yet only usury is immoral. Read the article.

anyone being forced to take out a loan

A few posts above, I posted an excerpt from Aquinas. Indeed, in circumstances when one borrows from necessity and is subject to usury as a result, the guilt is not his. However, it does not follow that usury is OK if the victim is a voluntary one. For one thing, since the public policy makes no distinction between usury and legitimate lending at interest, the victims of usury often presume that they are doing a moral thing and borrow when they did not have to. For another, activities that are sinful should perhaps, remain allowed but they surely have to be branded as such. This is the practical conclusion Belloc makes.

54 posted on 12/03/2012 6:05:13 AM PST by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex
Not all interest is usury, yet only usury is immoral. Read the article.

You're going to get your wish. We'll all be living under Sharial Law soon, and the Mohommadans agree with you.

That proves how right you are, being on the same page as the Moslems.

55 posted on 12/03/2012 6:17:57 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state." - Cornelius Tacitus, Roman Senator)
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