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nathan [Visitor] in response to: Ad in this weeks paper

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 03:24:42 +0000

yeah, I think that it does exist in our churches.

Heath [Visitor] in response to: Ad in this weeks paper

Sat, 15 Jan 2005 14:52:04 +0000

Hey Sara, I’ve been thinking about my last post. The thing I’d like to add the most, besides a question mark, is more balance to the issue. I had only been thinking of this problem in one way, naming programs that have been privatized recently by the government. They have been de-socialized, in words that help us stay linked to our overall topic.
What about those institutions in society which are actually becoming more socialized? President Bush’s Faith Based Initiative promises to socialize many churches. The Halliburton Company and their ilk are getting a whopping pile of money from the government. No doubt the socialized Iraqi police force are wishing for some socialized American weapons when we pull out our socialized American Armed forces out of Iraq.
What’s socialism and what’s not may just depend on whose ox is being gored.

sara [Visitor] in response to: Ad in this weeks paper

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:29:44 +0000

Heath,
Good to hear your opinion on this–I would guess that a civics teacher would have more right to be angry about this ad (or to find it humorous) than a semi-educated stay-at-home-mom. Thanks for stating frustration with precision.

Heath [Visitor] in response to: Ad in this weeks paper

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:17:53 +0000

I saw the ad in the paper too and it made me laugh out loud. How can a country who is hell bent on privatizing prisons, the welfare system, the military, schooling and various other institutions that once were the domain of government be headed toward socialism. Socialism, as I understand it, is a system of managing resources that puts control of the management of those resources in government hands. For instance, highways in the United States are, for the most part a socialistic enterprise. Social Security is, for now, a socialistic solution to the problem of geezer poverty. We are, in this country, moving away from socialism.
One other thought: The right wingers are so used to their persecution complex that they can’t shed it, even when in power.

Honzo [Visitor] in response to: Ad in this weeks paper

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:09:22 +0000

“Away from God towards Secualr Socialism” is not a false assumption. Instead it is the opposite, it is a futher qualification. It denotes the type of socialism that is secular and opposed to religion in its various forms. The false assumption is that all brands and aplications of socialism are the same. To distiguish between the various brands is simply adding clarity.

Honzo [Visitor] in response to: Ad in this weeks paper

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:07:09 +0000

There is no “opting out” of socalism. In capitalism or the socialized form of it that we have today, you have the choice to form socialized groups if you want to. In socialism/communism, you don’t have that choice. If you want to try to make it on your own, keep what you earn, don’t accept the social benefits, too bad, they make you join in.

By a measurement of freedom, socialism is more limiting than capitalism.

peter [Visitor] in response to: Ad in this weeks paper

Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:54:43 +0000

i am introverted, so most forms of socialism aren’t too comfortable for me.

gringo [Visitor] in response to: Ad in this weeks paper

Sat, 08 Jan 2005 13:29:18 +0000

“Would you guys be happy if the ad would have said “Away from God towards Secualr Socialism"?”

no, because it’s a false assumption.

“Away from God towards Secularism.”

right, he’s moving from a religious belief to a political stance.

god = good

socialism = satanic