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Post by
MyTie
I don't think it's appropriate for them to be singing ANY worship songs in public school.
I think it should be up to the parents. If all the parents agree on a particular course of study, and it doesn't violate a law, then it should be fine.
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204878
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Post by
MyTie
Doctor, how would you react if a Muslim student had left the event that was singing about Christ? Would you say that Muslim had gone out of his way to be offended?
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Post by
ElhonnaDS
Good for her
Post by
MyTie
THIS
is why I bring my children up to love, respect, and care for my wife. Despicable.
TLDR: Man evicts 98 year old mother from house she has lived in for 60 years so he can sell it. Eviction served on her birthday.
Post by
MyTie
Doctor, how would you react if a Muslim student had left the event that was singing about Christ? Would you say that Muslim had gone out of his way to be offended?
If it was an optional, after-school choir singing a song from a movie which happened to have a reference to Jesus (let's say
Oh Happy Day
from Sister act) and the parents and students were asked to review it and it was then approved and THEN they complained, then yes sir I would.
Fair enough. Oh Happy Day isn't really FROM sister act, by the way.
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557473
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Post by
ElhonnaDS
What did I get reported for
:(
Did you tell them I was sending people to an evil Keylogger site?
Post by
MyTie
As for son evicting mother: I blame capitalism and personal greed of human beings. He could have waited till she is dead to do that. I might excuse him only if one of his kids has cancer or something.
Capitalism? Lol.
Do you blame blunt instruments for the death of Ted Bundy's victims?
Do you blame the ovens for the deaths at Nazi concentration camps?
Do you blame matches for all the witches burned in Salem?
Do you blame telephones for unwanted telemarketers?
Do you blame cars for car accidents?
Maybe we should make cars, telephones, matches, ovens, and all blunt instruments illegal, so these kind of atrocities will never happen again.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
I blame him being a d-bag. If he wanted his mother out, then he'd have used whatever was at his disposal. I think Rank had a story about a woman in Venezuela who was being tossed out by a son-in-law who managed to get legal rights to the house in a similar fashion, and that is not what I would classify as a "classic capitalist" environment. Regardless of economy, laws of ownership tend to exist and bad people will bend them to suit their needs.
Post by
MyTie
I blame him
You mean you hold him responsible for his actions? Elhonna, this is no time for logic!
Post by
ElhonnaDS
I blame him
You mean you hold him responsible for his actions? Elhonna, this is no time for logic!
Oh, nevermind then- my watch must have stopped. I mean "A wizard did it."
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557473
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Post by
ElhonnaDS
@Boron- Did you see my post, about how Rank posted almost the same story, from a socialist country a few months back?
People are greedy- that's why capitalism works. It's designed around human nature, rather than designed to better human nature. Without a capitalistic society, people would still be greedy. That's why in communist countries, there's such a wealth disparity between people who have political power and everyone else- even in a system that pushes people to think in terms of the welfare of all, most people who are in a position to be able to take more for themselves still do.
It's far more accurate to "blame" capitalism on people who act like this, than to blame people who act like this on capitalism.
Post by
MyTie
You need better examples:
Do I blame Ted Bundy's insanity for the death of his victims? Yes. (Had to look him up, take in account that not everyone s from U.S. in future please)
Do I blame insane ideology and post-WWI Europe which let such ideology come to power? Yes
Do I blame ignorance and paranoia for burnt witches of Salem? Yes/
Do I blame greed of companies for telemarketers? Yes. (This one was hard)
Do I blame drunk/distracted/careless drivers. pedestrians for accidents? Yes.
You listed tools, I listed environment in which all your cases happened. Capitalism is not a tool, but rather environment we all live in.
But greed is not exclusive in capitalism, nor does capitalism always have greed present. And, yes, capitalism IS a tool. It is an economic model. It influences environment, but "capitalism" itself is not an environment any more than communism is an environment. They exert significant indirect influence over environment, but do not directly influence environment. They are simply models for government and economic distribution tools.
Why would you blame capitalism for someone ripping off their mother? Even if capitalism were an environment (it isn't), why is it the environment's fault for someone's actions. Environment has never been an excuse before, and it shouldn't start now. Greed, ignorance, sanity, carelessness, etc. All those things are personal factors. Stick the blame where it belongs: on the person who took the action.
I'd also like to hone in on this:Do I blame Ted Bundy's insanity for the death of his victims? Yes. (Had to look him up, take in account that not everyone s from U.S. in future please)Just because I reference someone from American history means I think everyone is from the US? Am I not allowed to use references from US history? Is that to insensitive to other cultures? It's pretty brassy of you hold a conversation with someone from the US and correct them when they reference US history.
Both of your topics here: Capitalism, and US citizens being blind to other's history, both reek of naive and bandwagon-ed anti-American rhetoric. Capitalism is NOT to blame for some dude evicting his mom, and I AM aware that there are people who live outside the US (thanks for your vote of confidence). If you want to find one of your stereotyped Americans that is thicker than oatmeal, you'll have to look elsewhere. Until then, don't try to fit me into that mold.
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557473
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Post by
MyTie
Whatever is forcing this man to do what he is doingAllow me to solve the mystery: nothing. Until you understand that, you will never understand personal responsibility.(except utopic communism).Where there is no pain or disease and everyone rides unicorns side saddle.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
The thing is, property rights have nothing to do with capitalism. He is doing this to steal something that someone else owns. Tell me how that relates to a free-market economic model? Tell me how it is more useful to steal a house in a capitalistic society?
Because, if I remember correctly, one of the major problems with communist countries was that in addition to their inability to maintain a production level that guaranteed a minimum standard of living for many people, they had a number of people hording resources, and stealing them before they got to their intended recipients. The environment of scarcity of supply inspires as much theft and corruption as any capitalistic model.
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557473
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