John,
“I. Strawman argument. Please show me (link to an article, opinion piece, or some sort of evidence) someone who actually says this. “ I don’t understand your response. How can this be a “straw man argument?” (two words :-) The poster is simply indicating that the Government is not compelled to take money from me and give it to someone else for the purpose of making them more comfortable. What could possibly be wrong with this?
“II. No one said we should all be free of offense.” Ok, Howard Cosell said when announcing a Redskins game, “look at that little monkey run” when calling a play. He was referring to Darrel Green, one of the greatest defensive backs of all time. He was running back a kick and artfully dodging, cutting, and weaving. Cosell had no animas in his comment, he meant no racial epithet, yet he was run out of town on a rail and lost his job as a broadcaster. Had he made the same remark about a white player, or an Asian player, no one would remember. People were offended, many people are offensive and intentionally try to provoke an argument, others just misspeak, but it seems many people are teetering on the edge of an emotional breakdown waiting for someone to say something that upsets them so they can throw themselves on the floor in an apparent state of apoplexy. Note, this example uses a racial analogy, but this issue is not limited to racial issues.
“III. Does that mean companies can manufacture dangerous objects without regulation or responsibility?”
Specious. Do you dispute that there are a myriad of bogus lawsuits on any given day brought by greedy bottom feeders? Of course people should be able to sue for legitimate issues and receive compensation, but John? Pick your battles! This is one you can’t possibly win.
“(No free food and housing) IV. Again, this is just not relevant to facts. The average stay on welfare is just under eight months.” Do you deny that people, some people? Any people? Take advantage of the system and or are lazy? I watched a 60 minutes episode where these poor downtrodden people in New York City were compelled by the government to work if they received money (workfare). They were literally squealing like Ned Beaty! They happened to be black, but again, I don’t believe this is a racial issue. They were decrying their fate and saying this was “modern day slavery” (see Article 2)… I didn’t see any chains, no “walkin boss”. In fact, they were free to leave anytime. All they had to do was get a job!! And they were only required to work a small portion of the time, 10 or 20 hours.
“(free health care)V. Poor people and unemployed people should just suffer disease, even when wholly treatable, just because they are poor or unemployed?” Where does it stop? Define “wholly treatable”? Kidney failure is wholly treatable, a transplant fixes the problem, then there’s the anti-rejection drugs and follow-up. We could take care of the problem for a couple hundred thousand. Anyone can walk in to a hospital with an emergency and be treated; they can’t be turned away. Public/Government healthcare fits your dogma because it is by definition Socialism and you are a Socialist. It shouldn’t be hard for you to understand that people who are not Socialists believe differently about womb to tomb care and feeding of the proletariat…
“VI. an eye for an eye” Polly Klass…
“VII. Prison life”, yes it’s brutal, but it’s filled with brutal people. And they do have 3 squares, TV, reading, exercise, air conditioning, etc… I’m not for torturing people but incarceration should be uncomfortable…If they need to be kept calm, drug them.
“VIII. Jobs and education” Washington DC spends more per-capita per pupil than any other school district in the country and has one of the worst records… It’s about more than money, I already pay 50% or more in taxes, how much should I pay to educate your children? The simple fact of the matter is that EVERYONE cannot be educated. EVERYONE cannot be a doctor, lawyer, or an engineer… Some folks are better suited to flipping burgers, laying bricks, picking up the trash. There’s nothing wrong with that.
“IX. See my initial remarks above: who actually says 'I have a right to happiness'? Please provide link to evidence. SHOW ME SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY SAYS THIS. The author has created a false position to show himself the superior (strawman argument). Problem is, he has only shown himself to be superior to the person he created who does not exist. Whoopee! How impressive! You are better than someone you made up to be the bad guy! Absurd. “
Rant… It is the cumulative effect of, “you owe me, you owe me, and you owe me” which adds up to, “you owe me happiness” We don’t’ owe anyone happiness, they have the right to pursue it, that is all.
“X. Learn the language”, John one of the things that helped to make this country great is having a single language (note, one of the things). Look at the former USSR, they had dozens of languages and dialects throughout their vast country. The same is true for China. It complicates things. It virtually turns it in to multiple countries or fiefdoms. And it breeds separatism. Having a common language is a fundamental building block for a functioning society to grow and prosper. Look what happened at the tower of babble.
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John, the reason no one took the time to dispute your ascertains is because it took time to dispute your ascertains. The poster did a C&P, you’ll notice that most of the responders were succinct. You typed a missive… Next time, pick a point if you’d like to debate, and you’ll have better luck.
p.s., Mrs Hog? got any good jokes? hehehe
