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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: exdaytrader76 who wrote (17657)	6/7/2004 8:17:34 PM
From: Solon	Respond to of 28931

"Like I said, almost everyone is there for meth. They victimized their own body." How does that make "suits" contemptible? remember, you introduced that hateful bit outside of any context. You just SPEWED IT OUT. I don't miss such subtle stuff, you know. "For the most part, people hate ex-cons. In our society, they may really be "least upon this Earth."" Firstly, we know that many cons remain cons so the "ex" bit doesn't really inform this discussion. I doubt that most people hate ex-cons. It is natural to be suspicious of crooks, but suspicion is not synonymous with hate--even when there is some natural caution and disquietude. "What does not represent God is the futile labeling of people as "punks," Surely, you are right. God is a brutal and primitive PUNK. He is gutless and cruel and He crawls like a worm. For the rest of us, the issue of labelling is controversial. I definitely agree that when a person seeks help and wishes to integrate with society as a decent human being, that labelling should be shunted aside. But I have come to believe that so long as some punk is insisting on being the enemy of society, that he/she should be treated with due accord. The problem is that so many PUNKS are on this side of the fence. It is impossible to totally get around this problem. Some of the VERY WORST bastards in the world ride in a police car all day. I have known them in bars and elsewhere. One of them tried to put me away in a back alley one night over a shuffleboard debt he owed. I think we are still friends if we ever run into one another again... Some of the worst criminals wear uniforms. In spite of all the bad jokes about lawyers...they know that crooks dress in every sort of clothing. Hell...lawyers go through their share of prostitutes! and they end up wearing nothing some of the time. And sometimes the lawyers undress, too! OK...just having fun by telling the truth--without prejudice--it is all confidential for my lawyer (though I cannot rememer mentioning a name)!