Reply With QuoteThat's a bad comparison. Naturally, a truly greedy person would work out a trade in which he feeds one person and the other feeds him. Otherwise he's just stupid or suicidal, not a very good greedy person.
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The Difference Between Heaven and Hell
February 10, 2008
A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said,
‘Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.’
The Lord led the holy man to two doors.
He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew, which smelled delicious and made the holy man’s mouth water.
The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful. But because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths.
The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering.
The Lord said, ‘You have seen Hell.’
They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man’s mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking.
The holy man said, ‘I don’t understand.’
‘It is simple,’ said the Lord. ‘It requires but one skill. You see they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only of themselves.’
Last edited by evince; 02-10-2008 at 11:10 AM.
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That's a bad comparison. Naturally, a truly greedy person would work out a trade in which he feeds one person and the other feeds him. Otherwise he's just stupid or suicidal, not a very good greedy person.
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Let's all be farmers like Jefferson...
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
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Better than You
Does that mean we get slaves that we can sexually assault?Originally Posted by Threedee
“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.”
Practically Perfect
Well, of course, he didn't live up to the standard of the yeoman family farmer, because his operation was too much like a company (and lacking completely in virtue). The model was often lived by New England farmers who lacked major cash crops like rice and tobacco, although Adams doesn't count because he derived most of his money from his legal career.
My point is, anyone who claims to hate money/greed has only one alternative--the family farm and the yeoman agrarian tradition--except I suspect that most urban and suburban liberals want nothing to do with private agriculture...
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
-(Midcan5)
"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
-(Ib1yysguy)
"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
-(apple0154 )
"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
-(Desh)
Better than You
Agricultural nations have trouble keeping up, anyway.
Jefferson was more motivated by xenophobia than by idealism, at any rate.
“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.”
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Well, either way he was a douchebag...
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
-(Midcan5)
"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
-(Ib1yysguy)
"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
-(apple0154 )
"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
-(Desh)
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