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Originally posted by jiggerj
reply to post by ModernAcademia
Too much government is a bad thing. Too much freedom is also a bad thing. Sadly, there is no happy medium.
Originally posted by ThichHeaded
Did you guys catch that part where that idiot said..
"The idea of total freedom doesnt seem to work.."
Wtf is that... It worked all the way up to 1913 or so.. thats basically when the country started going down hill..
Originally posted by Americanist
Originally posted by jiggerj
reply to post by ModernAcademia
Too much government is a bad thing. Too much freedom is also a bad thing. Sadly, there is no happy medium.
Fortunately, there's not such a thing as too much involvement from people and society...edit on 14-5-2011 by Americanist because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by The Sword
reply to post by jiggerj
And to add to your point, why would anyone want to discriminate? They'd most certainly lose money. What if it's a store run by a white person who just happens to get a large amount of muslim customers? If he puts up a sign that says "No Muslims", they're going to take their money elsewhere. If every white owner in that town does the same thing, then they take their dollars elsewhere.
Substitute "white" and "muslim" for any other race/ethnicity and hopefully, you'll be able to see my point.
I think some of the small government folks would be happy under anarchy. That is total freedom from any system of oppression, etc.
Originally posted by jiggerj
Oh, the good ole days. Remember when a hard workin' man could buy himself a couple of slaves? Good times, good times. Back then you could beat your wife and children everyday. And hey, if you got fed up with married life you could just leave them to starve while you go and start a new life for yourslf. There was none of this child support crap back then. And, people are SUPPOSED to work hard in factories, like the women and children that worked 16 hour days to earn ALMOST enough to survive on in the 1800's.
Originally posted by ModernAcademia
Originally posted by jiggerj
Oh, the good ole days. Remember when a hard workin' man could buy himself a couple of slaves? Good times, good times. Back then you could beat your wife and children everyday. And hey, if you got fed up with married life you could just leave them to starve while you go and start a new life for yourslf. There was none of this child support crap back then. And, people are SUPPOSED to work hard in factories, like the women and children that worked 16 hour days to earn ALMOST enough to survive on in the 1800's.
Wow, it seems as if you think that the darkside of globalism doesn't exist today, slavery still exists today my friend
People still beat their wives and kids
and children still work 16hrs a day, employed by american companies in China, philippines and other countries
welcome to reality, enjoy your stay
Originally posted by The Sword
reply to post by jiggerj
I love your post. It's hilarious.
Common sense does suggest that not everyone will revert back to those ways.
so who can say the billion dollar a year industry of Big Pharma is not using that money to lobby, and use their influence to send their heads of special interest through the revolving door of the FDA...
Originally posted by laiguana
Originally posted by Cuervo
When Chris Mathews mentioned that laundromat with the "whites only" sign on it... did you think that might have just been a sign talking about laundry?
When it comes to laundry, color separation is important.
That's exactly what I was thinking...I guess he never did much laundry of his own.
Originally posted by jiggerj
No, no. I was only repying to a post on what it was like before 1913. I am fully aware of the human atrocities of today's world. Just yesterday I watched a clip of two children decapitated. We humans are animals.