11 Dec 06
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesYes. I celebrate "Christmas." But I prefer to think of it as the Winter Solstice Season. We celebrate it as a holiday of family togetherness, and not as a celebration of Jesus. My wife even likes some of the religious holiday music if you just don't pay too much attention to the words. We also do the usual New Year's Eve bash thing.
Are you celebrating any holidays this month?
And you?
11 Dec 06
Originally posted by rwingettWill you accept any presents bought at Walmart?
Yes. I celebrate "Christmas." But I prefer to think of it as the Winter Solstice Season. We celebrate it as a holiday of family togetherness, and not as a celebration of Jesus. My wife even likes some of the religious holiday music if you just don't pay too much attention to the words. We also do the usual New Year's Eve bash thing.
And you?
11 Dec 06
Originally posted by rwingettIf you shune Wal Mart like you appear to shune the devil you must shop there 24/7, no?
Don't ask, don't tell.
My wife and I shun Walmart like the devil. But I know my mother goes to Sam's Club, which is owned by Walmart. Nobody's perfect.
11 Dec 06
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Originally posted by rwingettBy no other way. That's what's so great about the system! The enrichment is reciprocal, from the fattest fat cat CEO down to the cashier at Sam's Club. Even the unsuccessful are enriched by capitalism, relative to the ultimate consequences of any alternate sort of economy.
And how is it that you earn that classification, except by helping to make others rich?
If you were to have offered any Soviet worker the opportunity to come to the United States and work as a floor sweeper, I would be stunned if he would turn down the offer, citing the fact that he would be thus enriching the company's owner. Just consider how much greater his own life would stand to be enriched by the opportunity! Beats the hell out of freezing your ass off being forced to build a bridge to nowhere in Siberia.
You're the altruist. Why wouldn't you want to make others rich?
11 Dec 06
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesIt's the season for snowmen, not strawmen.
By no other way. That's what's so great about the system! The enrichment is reciprocal, from the fattest fat cat CEO down to the cashier at Sam's Club. Even the unsuccessful are enriched by capitalism, relative to the ultimate consequences of any alternative sort of economy.
If you were to have offered any Soviet worker the opportunity to co ...[text shortened]... the hell out of freezing your ass off being forced to build a bridge to nowhere in Siberia.
12 Dec 06
Originally posted by rwingettDespite his overarching arrogance, apparently the devil can still see behind certain ruses. Good for him. No word on whether he is swayed by the siren advertisements of Target.
Don't ask, don't tell.
My wife and I shun Walmart like the devil. But I know my mother goes to Sam's Club, which is owned by Walmart. Nobody's perfect.