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   Message 742 of 2,468   
   Brother Nate to ShrikeBack   
   Re: Why Pot? Why Not?   
   16 Jan 04 10:47:16   
   
   XPost: talk.politics.drugs   
   From: nathan_engle@yahoo.com   
      
   ShrikeBack wrote:   
   > Brother Nate wrote   
   > > And on a broader scope I think it's only   
   > > natural to expect that people who have gotten rich under   
   > > America's system should see that they have a correspondingly   
   > > greater interest in supporting the processes of government   
   > > and the society that made them wealthy.   
      
   > I am sure they do have a greater interest in supporting the   
   > processes of government and the society that *allowed* them to   
   > get wealthy.  That being said, the whole Soak the Rich(tm)   
   > franchise is still based on mass market Envy.   
      
   I would have called it the simple observation that that's   
   where the money is.  The poor are more easily bullied,   
   but there's only so much they can give.   
      
   >  That's why it's   
   > surprising to see a Christian stoop to this.  A deadly sin   
   > is a deadly sin, after all.   
      
   You might want to read up on what Jesus had to say about   
   worldly possessions and a rich man's chance of passing   
   into heaven.   
      
   --   
   Brother Nate               Electron Juggler   
   nathan_engle@yahoo.com     http://mypage.iu.edu/~nengle   
   "Some Assembly Required"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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