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To: koan who wrote (263111)7/22/2010 8:11:11 PM
From: Reilly DiefenbachRead Replies (1) of 306849
 
Tejek is a good guy. He cares about people. He worries about things like injustice and the poor and downtrodden. Not everyone does.

It's incorrect to assume that those of us who don't happen to subscribe to your liberal, or progressive (or I'd call social democrat) world view DON'T care about other people. As for myself, I find it far better to teach a person to fish than to hand that person a fish. It creates a much healthier situation overall for everyone when people are able to take responsibility for themselves and we don't have people on a permanent dole.

And the danger to this country is coming from the large corporations, and the rich, not government. We are a democracy and we can vote out governments any time we want, but we have no control over corporations and they are increasingly buying our congressional representatives through huge campaign contributions and lobbbyists.

I have a couple of points to make here: 1) I think that the danger question is sort of a chicken-or-egg thing. If the rich or large corporations are able to exert so much force on government (and I'm not arguing that they don't), I blame government through our elected officials for the situation. Elected officials receive their votes from and are morally bound by their oath of office to represent the views and needs of their electorate. I agree that the way that we treat corporations is screwed up, but this needs to be addressed legislatively, not by a court essentially writing legislation from the bench. 2) Both you and tejek seem bound and determined to ignore the fact that we are a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, not a democracy. We don't have elections "any time" but only as prescribed by the law. And the instructions for governing are based on the constitution and our laws, not whims. Your lack of respect for these facts parallels the lack of respect for the law we so often see from activist judges who tend to disregard the law and the constitution when it interferes with their agenda and/or world view.
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