doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Trump 2016 Wahooo! It's a lock.

If you define Slavery (or Serfdom, in the von Hayek sense) as "Using the Law to force individuals into an involuntary exchange of goods and services" it becomes clear. In the contemporary sense, this is done by government, hence the term "Statist Neoslavery", as opposed to individuals being "owned" by other individuals. When government uses taxation to remove freedom from one individual, then awards it to another individual via a government program, it fits the definition.

Equivocation like that only works when you and your buddies of privilege are philosophizing. Are you weaseling for reparations? What kind of mileage do you suppose the left would've gotten out of a comment like that from Trump? He'd be on double secret racist probation by now.

Black and yellow, red, and white, we're all precious in His sight. "Jesus love's the little children" One of the first songs I was taught and remember...Geo

quote: King Brown "Tolerance is key to peace, order and good government. It works."

No! it is not. No, no, a thousand times No!

SRH

I learned it, too, geo. It came back to me covering civil rights here, there and overseas. Left, idealistic and young, it founded a wild notion in my head that of all humankind blacks must be God's chosen children for not striking back, believing their faith would get them through.

Over time the thought ramped up to a belief that of all the triumphs of your blessed country, its greatest social movement was of those old, bearded black and white reformers and those who followed who, if not believing all were precious in His sight, gave their highest office to a black to give it a try.

Not striking back? You really DO see what you want to see, don't you?

SRH

Stan, just for you: "Tolerance, respect for others is key to peace, order and good governance, a high standard of living, the top of the happiness index---in Canada."

America changed with the breakdown of your institutions, Stan. The first symptom of deep social divisions, nearly total dissatisfaction with your governance, culminating in a needed upheaval while odorous to the US and the world.

King, I wish we had you around the last few years to vet our current prez. The entire world would truly be a better place, 'cept for france where they're allergic to deodorant.

I was vetting him but everyone rightly or wrongly was disagreeing with me!