how funny to get these two quotes side by side. from my brother of all people!

he's such a socialist!

"Comrades! We must abolish the cult of the individual decisively, once and for all." [Nikita Khrushchev , February 25, 1956 20th Congress of the Communist Party]

"We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society." [Hillary Clinton, 1993]

 

That explains the drop in our dollar lol.

 

i think good ol' big bro is torn between being a socialist and his misogynistic tendencies. i think this time his hatred of hilary won. it's okay with me, i hate her lying, cheating corrupt ass myself.

 

'Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.' John F. Kennedy

 

well, there's a difference between willing service and compulsory service, dontcha think?

 

Depends on the service.

 

whaddya mean?

 

i'm not a big fan of compulsory anything. i see it as a slippery slope to the hitler youth.

 

lol good point.......
I seem to have skimmed over that 'minor' detail.

 

In most cases the 'service' is evil whether compulsory (eg. tax) or voluntary (eg. military).

But in some cases the service is good when voluntary (eg. charity) but made evil when compulsory (eg. charity).

 

i agree.

 

Yes. The whole joy of giving is tainted if the receiver of the charity is expecting it. I never liked the feeling of obligation to give some people gifts when I really didn't think that much of them. The more someone tries to coerce another into doing something, the more they will resist. It is human nature, I think.

If you are obligated to give, it is not from the heart and becomes meaningless in a spiritual sense. Sure, the material changes hands all the same, but the spirit is lost.
If I hear someone say that they are expecting a certain dollar value gift from someone or else they will be disappointed, I am totally nonplussed.
It is only charity if it is given freely, just like the old Dracula rule, "Enter, and of your own free will........"