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• A reply on Conversation: Which is more important, to do right or to do good?

  Jan 8 2013: that brings to mind a saying my Mom was fond of saying.. when does two rights equal a wrong?
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  A comment on Conversation: Which is more important, to do right or to do good?

  Jan 8 2013: Hey
  All of you have a point but I see it like this: taking anything that is not rightfully yours is stealing. whether you are going to give it away or not. it is equally wrong taking from a rich person as it is taking from a poor person. I think that modern society has warped our thinking and as was pointed out, why is it assumed that the rich person is not a ''good'' person so he deserves to lose his money and wont even notice it.? As you see that $20 fall, you know nothing about this person and are making presumptions based on your own bias. If you feel strong sympathy for the poor person, then take $20 out of your own pocket and give it to him.

• A reply on Conversation: What would your ideal government system look like?

  Nov 13 2012: really?? I have to say this.... you say too much without saying anything at all
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  A reply on Conversation: What would your ideal government system look like?

  Nov 13 2012: who decides what a ''great mind'' is?? depends on perspective.. isn't it??

• A comment on Conversation: What would your ideal government system look like?

  Nov 13 2012: for real you think that there is really such a thing as democracy? democracy is just a word. there is no such thing as a ''free lunch'' ... somebody always pays. it might have started out as idealistic.. I have always said.. and I still say... give politicians their jobs as normal paying gigs... with incentive bonuses.. lets see what happens then

• A comment on Conversation: Telling the truth: are there limits?

  Nov 13 2012: telling the truth is really relative.. isn't it.? there are lies that hurt.. and lies that protect. either way. I feel that lies however they are meant.. will damage.