Subj : Re: Um...no comment?
To   : Frank Reid
From : Finnigann
Date : Fri Sep 16 2005 05:18 pm

-=> Frank Reid wrote to Deuce <=-

 FR>   Re: Re: Um...no comment?
 FR>   By: Deuce to Frank Reid on Fri Sep 16 2005 11:17:00

 > The US budget is focused on the military.

 FR> Then why the hell do we care if some poor sot in Appalachia suffers the
 FR> effects of poor dental care later in life?  It amazes me that people
 FR> are so quick to cite Darwinian theory on evolution, yet completely
 FR> disregard the work from which it was derived done by Malthus.  Maybe
 FR> they believe "survival of the fittest" isn't relevant to humankind!  At
 FR> least many of the religious zealots approach charity as a personal
 FR> sacrifice and aren't trying to levy it across the entire nation in the
 FR> form of taxes.

Perhaps our regard for the well being of others in our group is a defining
factor.

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