Ah, so you only played the racist card at first, so that's okay, right? Gotcha....
If you think you have nothing to learn from me then you're just close-minded, something you like to accuse others of - speedy. If you don't see my previous post as an olive branch to both sides of the political chasm then you're not very perceptive for all your wry wit.
I know all about when we die. One of the things about being older is that you lose more loved ones as you go. Many of the people I cared the most about are gone and it's no mystery that you can't take it with you.
But do you want the rampant poverty of a country like India here, simply due to a billion souls crammed into an economy that can't support it? America is rich, but not infinitely so. Compassion is a good thing, but I want my own family and descendants to have a high quality of life first of all. I don't want them sharing starvation with a billion other Americans because of your well-intentioned but misguided Utopian ideals.
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Originally Posted by clockworkengine  I stopped saying racist at the beginning of this argument. Regardless of your age, don't talk as though you have something to teach me. All I ever say in these discussions is that all in all we should love our fellow man and try to help each other in times of need. Sometimes people hear that kind of talk and think it is evil. They try to bring down my good ideals with their worry of money and property and their own personal space. People are dying in the streets from hunger and poverty and all this guy (wilthril) can say is "don't let them in. they might not be clean" or something to that effect. "They'll take our money etc..."
Well I have information that you might be interested in knowing. And that is that when we die there's no money to carry around. There's no more personal space or anything of the sort. People hear my views and say "that's some dumb fool who cannot see the big picture". But I say it is those people who cannot see the big picture. You think the big picture stops at how much wealth you accumulate? I think not. The big picture stops (at least for us) with all mankind in view. The most important thing for us is to lean on each other for survival. Be willing to reduce your quality of life for others, if you can. And it is with that knowledge that comes the power to make a difference. Can you see the big picture now, speedy? |