Quote from: hfishjr81 on July 10, 2012, 07:25:24 PM
Why wouldn't You want that policy?

Ever heard the saying "charity begins at home"?

Two things can happen when a nation helps the "starving" people of a nation controlled by a strongman Marxist dictator.

1) Feeding those people enable the Political Class of that country further exploit the populace.  Or

2) The Political Class of that country will steal the food and other supplies and divide up amongst their supporters.

Either way, the "bad guys" win and the people are no better off than before.

QuoteFreedom to keep the fruits should run hand in hand with the knowledge of cultivating them.

People in Africa are not starving because they don't know how to provide for themselves. They are starving because everything they produce is being stolen from them by a small political elite whose only purpose is to expand its power over the people it governs.

QuoteI agree, and sadly, for the most part, We're uneducated Subjects.

Speak for yourself!

-Dr Watt

Quote from: The Boo Man... on July 10, 2012, 06:39:02 PM
Oh I see. You want to be special. I shall call you "sunshine"...

Damn it, Bert. I was hoping you'd call ME "sunshine." 

Quote from: Dr_Watt on July 10, 2012, 08:16:10 PM
Ever heard the saying "charity begins at home"?

Two things can happen when a nation helps the "starving" people of a nation controlled by a strongman Marxist dictator.

1) Feeding those people enable the Political Class of that country further exploit the populace.  Or

2) The Political Class of that country will steal the food and other supplies and divide up amongst their supporters.

Either way, the "bad guys" win and the people are no better off than before.

Do You believe a proper education for everyone would greatly reduce the number of bad people taking advantage of needy people?

Quote from: Dr_Watt on July 10, 2012, 08:16:10 PM
People in Africa are not starving because they don't know how to provide for themselves. They are starving because everything they produce is being stolen from them by a small political elite whose only purpose is to expand its power over the people it governs.

Speak for yourself!

-Dr Watt

I am speaking for myself Doc.
I believe that all Men are created equal , and have an equal right to knowledge, thus making their ability to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness an obtainable reality, rather than a distant dream.

Quote from: Solar on July 10, 2012, 08:07:09 PM
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My doctor?! Hell, I'd contact the local radio station and give them directions to my house! But that's just me.... 

Quote from: tbone0106 on July 10, 2012, 08:26:48 PM
Damn it, Bert. I was hoping you'd call ME "sunshine." 

Why? You're our little dark cloud...

Everyone wants a little Bert. Luckily for all of you Bert is now available in 8 oz bottles. Just head down to the CPF gift shop and ask for Maurice...

Quote from: hfishjr81 on July 10, 2012, 08:29:51 PM
Do You believe a proper education for everyone would greatly reduce the number of bad people taking advantage of needy people?

Let's see if I can help you think this thing through.

Where is an oppressed people going to get their "education" from? Their Oppressors? Not bloody likely! If they get any kind of education, it will be more indoctrination than anything else!

Freedom is the key. Without Freedom, nothing else matters!

QuoteI am speaking for myself Doc.

Good thing!

QuoteI believe that all Men are created equal , and have an equal right to knowledge, thus making their ability to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness an obtainable reality, rather than a distant dream.

If you believe that "all men are created equal" then you don't understand the context in which those words were written. Anybody who has lived 5 minutes in the real world knows that all men are not created equal.

Don't believe me? Try playing a little one on one with Lebron James! Or how about discussing quantum physics with Stephen Hawkings!

The Founders were smart enough to realize that, no all men are not created equal. They disputed the concept of royalty - and specifically, the Divine Rights of Kings! When they wrote "all men are created equal" it was a finger in the eye of King George the III. They were saying to him "we don't believe in the Divine Right of Kings", your right to rule over us in not bestowed on you by any deity, but by a mere chance of birth!

In other words, they were saying the same God which created King George III, created them!

It was also an explanation of how The Law should treat all men - equal justice under the law. The same law would apply to Kings and Commoners.

-Dr Watt

Quote from: The Boo Man... on July 10, 2012, 08:40:27 PM
Everyone wants a little Bert. Luckily for all of you Bert is now available in 8 oz bottles. Just head down to the CPF gift shop and ask for Maurice...

I just left there, Maurice screamed at Me and called Me "ignorant" after I asked him if the "8oz bottle" came with a nipple.





FYI, the better business bureau will receive a letter.   

Quote from: hfishjr81 on July 10, 2012, 08:49:32 PM

I just left there, Maurice screamed at Me and called Me "ignorant" after I asked him if the "8oz bottle" came with a nipple.





FYI, the better business bureau will receive a letter.   

Maurice hates training wheels...

Quote from: Dr_Watt on July 10, 2012, 08:48:27 PM
Let's see if I can help you think this thing through.

Where is an oppressed people going to get their "education" from? Their Oppressors? Not bloody likely! If they get any kind of education, it will be more indoctrination than anything else!

I agree.  Hell, Im still praying We educate Our own People, much less others. Eventually though it would be nice if the world came into the picture, but We're far from that.

Quote from: Dr_Watt on July 10, 2012, 08:48:27 PM
Freedom is the key. Without Freedom, nothing else matters!

Good thing!

If you believe that "all men are created equal" then you don't understand the context in which those words were written. Anybody who has lived 5 minutes in the real world knows that all men are not created equal.

Don't believe me? Try playing a little one on one with Lebron James! Or how about discussing quantum physics with Stephen Hawkings!

The Founders were smart enough to realize that, no all men are not created equal. They did, however, dispute the concept of royalty - and specifically, the Divine Rights of Kings! When they wrote "all men are created equal" it was a finger in the eye of King George the III. They were saying to him "we don't believe in the Divine Right of Kings", your right to rule over us in not bestowed on you by any deity, but by a mere chance of birth!

In other words, they were saying the same God which created King George III, created them!

It was also an explanation of how The Law should treat all men - equal justice under the law. The same law would apply to Kings and Commoners.

-Dr Watt

Thank You for the explanation Doc, You can take My comment pertaining to all Men being created equal and apply the same logic. To live free of kings one must gain a kings knowledge.

Quote from: The Boo Man... on July 10, 2012, 08:40:27 PM
Everyone wants a little Bert. Luckily for all of you Bert is now available in 8 oz bottles. Just head down to the CPF gift shop and ask for Maurice...

I was going to buy the lucky Bert's foot, but something just didn't seem right.

Quote from: The Boo Man... on July 10, 2012, 08:53:33 PM
Maurice hates training wheels...

Damn Him!

   




"This isnt the last You'll hear of Me Maurice!!!"

Quote from: hfishjr81 on July 10, 2012, 08:58:18 PM
I agree.  Hell, Im still praying We educate Our own People, much less others. Eventually though it would be nice if the world came into the picture, but We're far from that.

Thank You for the explanation Doc, You can take My comment pertaining to all Men being created equal and apply the same logic. To live free of kings one must gain a kings knowledge.

Wrong!

Freedom must come first!

Without Freedom - individual Freedom - nothing else matters!

-Dr Watt

Quote from: Dr_Watt on July 11, 2012, 06:27:35 AM
Wrong!

Freedom must come first!

Without Freedom - individual Freedom - nothing else matters!

-Dr Watt

Doc, people will never truly be free until they realize they're captive. Knowledge is the key to the cage.