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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Disguising Evil

Evil acts are given an aura of moral legitimacy by noble-sounding socialistic expressions, such as spreading the wealth, income redistribution, caring for the less fortunate, and the will of the majority. Let’s have a thought experiment to consider just how much Americans sanction evil.

Imagine there are several elderly widows in your neighborhood. They have neither the strength to mow their lawns, clean their windows and perform other household tasks nor the financial means to hire someone to help them. Here’s a question that I’m almost afraid to ask: Would you support a government mandate that forces you or one of your neighbors to mow these elderly widows’ lawns, clean their windows and perform other household tasks? Moreover, if the person so ordered failed to obey the government mandate, would you approve of some sort of sanction, such as fines, property confiscation or imprisonment? I’m hoping, and I believe, that most of my fellow Americans would condemn such a mandate. They’d agree that it would be a form of slavery — namely, the forcible use of one person to serve the purposes of another.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

People on the dole should be forced to do public service to continue to receive the help. Just look at how fat most of theses freeloaders get! If they refuse to do the hours of service, then they get no more anything, and throw them in jail.

Anonymous said...

Hopefully there would be volunteers in the spirit of who we are as Americans. After that , no, no govt intervention at all. No laws.

Anonymous said...

I don't even have to click the more button to answer this. We Americans, Christians as a nation, serve our fellow man every day with charity over and above what exists in any other country in the world, and always have.

There is no need for a mandate, the job has been done.

Anonymous said...

The Elderly don't want just anyone around their homes-- next thing Joe will be posting all about rip offs and scams that hit the elderly -- because somebody had to do yard work or tasks they are made to do--

Anonymous said...

We are there now , we support and feed and give to 40,000,000 people without our consent.
What do you think welfare , food stamps , cell phones and the like are.
WE help 40,000,000 people with our money.