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To: DinkyDau
There is no time frame.
For me there is. I know not what tomorrow may bring and never know if tomorrow will ever arrive. (Mt. 6:34, Ja. 4:14)
How 'bout just a few bullets...Mom and apple pie? A car in every garage? The rich have a moral obligation to support the poor?
I'll go with a few subjects, or "bullets" as you say, then.
Mom and apple pie?
By this, I assume, you're asking what I think, or believe, about "traditional American values". I believe that America today has no real sense of "traditional" values. What we have today are "handed down" values, values which have changed over the course of the last 200 plus years, especially the last 60-70 years. What many "value" today is not represented by our forefathers and their "traditional" values. Whereas they sought the values of freedom and independence, of both body, mind and property, many in today's world seek the values of conformity, dependence and interdependence.
You would have to break down your "Mom and apple pie" into subcategories for me to answer any further.

A car in every garage?
Or, a car in every garage and a chicken in every pot. Well, I have no problem with a car in every garage or a chicken in every pot. How that car, or chicken, gets there is the isuue, I believe. I don't want to be forced to work so that someone else can have one at my expense, that's for sure. Let whomever desires a car in their garage or a chicken in their pot earn it their own selves.
And if you are seeking an ecological response then I think that the "greenies" ought to "get a grip" on reality and stop blocking ANWR and let the drilling commence so as to reduce our dependence on foreign supplies of oil and its byproducts.

The rich have a moral obligation to support the poor?
I don't believe the rich arbitrarily have an obligation to support the poor to start with and as far as a "moral" obligation, all rich persons aren't "moral" to begin with. That is an individual issue, something for them to decide in their own life. How can an athiest have a "moral" obligation? What is his basis? Morality is a subjective issue in this instance.
A "moral" ogligation is usually something imposed by someone on themselves based upon a personal belief and criteria, such as the Bible. An immoral wealthy man can often times be more generous than a man with a moral compunction and their reasons for their generosity are discernable only to themselves. Whereas the one man may see charity as "improving his image" or "gaining political support", the other man sees it as a duty and/or obligation. It's called charity for a reason, and charity should not be done at public expense, but rather from private choosings.

And speaking of "bullets"...Molon Labe!
When the day comes that mandatory confiscation of private weapons occurs this nation will no longer be America.

Any more "bullets" you want to shoot my way?

104 posted on 09/03/2002 12:29:15 PM PDT by philman_36
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To: philman_36
Wow, Phil!!!

What insightful and astute statements you've made! I mean that sincerely!

And, damn, will you look at this?! Your perceptive thoughts have miraculously made a valuable contribution to Shen's site for future generations to ponder!

106 posted on 09/03/2002 12:59:11 PM PDT by DinkyDau
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