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here's what's wrong with this world...

December 27th, 2002, 4:18 pm

Here is a story about some people who tried to hire Big Brother to keep a pedophile from handing out balloons to their children:http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ ... DwireDon't children have fathers? If you don't want this guy near your kids, just punch him. First, it will be free, rather than costing you zillions of dollars in taxes. Second, you won't be inviting a gorilla into your house as a guard dog, which is what the government is.This came up a few weeks ago at a party, when some people were bitching about not getting their bought-and-paid-for X-rays from their doctors. But they said that, thankfully, Congress or someone had stepped in to muscle the doctors into giving up X-rays.For crying out loud, here are a bunch of ninnies who, if they are making $100,000 a year, are probably paying at least $50,000 in taxes. For $50,000, you can buy a lot of new X-rays at a lot of new doctors. This is like calling a cab driver to wipe your mouth.Calm down, MP, all you have to do is sign a release and you'll get your X-rays. Oh yeah? I don't want to pay for the pen, the paper the "release" is printed on, the copy machine it's copied on, or the room and board of the woman who administrates it all.Why are people such a bunch of freaking pussies? The reason why is, quite simply, moral relativism. They have no morals whatsoever, and they are afraid to do anything unless the majority has agreed the majority should pay for, even if it means the ovens.People have been cowed by sleazebags, who call them "hypocrites," and say "let he who is without sin cast the first stone." A person who drives home falling-down drunk becomes more virtuous by not discouraging others from driving home drunk.Some things which are unpleasant can be remotely mass-produced at a cost savings - like slaughterhouses where they kill that squealing chicken you eat. But when people are convinced morals are unpleasant and hire someone else, society is doomed.MP