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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Father Terrence who wrote (13301)	7/28/2001 7:19:10 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 59480

Daym. The tenant on my farm wanted to sign up for the Government program last year. I don't like them but went along so he could get on the program. Last week I get a paper from the USDA wanting me to prove what the USDA measured in my bins last year. WHAT THEY MEASURED!! I sent them the tare sheets from the elevator. Now the grain being stored would have shrunk buy at least1% from drying between measuring and hauling. I just got a letter threatening me with legal action from the US government because the tare was .00064% less than what they measured. I can't believe it.

To: Father Terrence who wrote (13301)	7/29/2001 6:28:03 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

The community is more than the sum of individual rights, and not all conflicts can be construed in inalieanable, individual rights language. For example, suppose an isolated community in more primitive times, technologically speaking. Suppose that the one water source for the town and surrounding countryside, a lake, is owned by the richest man in town, and that he happens to be a bastard. Suppose that he uses his position to force this alternative: either pay exorbitant prices, and remain in perpetual poverty, or die of thirst. Does the community have to adhere to the terms he has imposed, or does it have a right to terminate his ownership and administer the lake for itself? I take it that human dignity is the "theme" of morality. Human rights generally promote that, but should not be construed in such a way that they derogate from it.

To: Father Terrence who wrote (13301)	7/29/2001 8:45:23 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

The general welfare, or common good, is not limited to whatever may touch the majority of citizens, but involves establishing a just polity. For example, a just polity does not allow its citizens to starve in hard times, but provides for those who are indigent. It does not accept squalor, if it has the means of curing it, but insists upon cleaning up bad areas, setting standards for housing, and providing common areas, like playgrounds and parks, for the less affluent. In general, it promotes human dignity and combats the effects of misfortune upon its citizens......