Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"
|    alt.politics.marijuana    |    They hate government but love a pot-tax    |    2,468 messages    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
|    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)    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
(c) 1994, bbs@darkrealms.ca