2nd Term Part X - A link to a fore gone conclusion

[Bob Gray]

Re: 2nd Term Part X - A link to a fore gone conclusion

Is it any wonder why I referred to him as a troll the other day?

Usually he's better than this. Maybe he's having a bad day or something. Given the number of decent discussions I've had with him over the years, I'll give him a pass.

[unofan]

Can you read today? My point was in my post. You are harking back to past discussions, not what I posted on, which linked to a specific story about people that were murdered by illegals that had been released by ICE. Don't be a Scooby or somebody like that around here. You're usually better than that.

Wait, we're supposed to just ignore everything you've ever said in the past, as though that doesn't provide information that might be helpful in interpreting your current posts?

That's not how conversations work.

[Kepler]

Re: 2nd Term Part X - A link to a fore gone conclusion

Can you read today? My point was in my post. You are harking back to past discussions, not what I posted on, which linked to a specific story about people that were murdered by illegals that had been released by ICE. Don't be a Scooby or somebody like that around here. You're usually better than that.

OK, I'll try and take you at your word. Do you really think Obama wants illegal immigrants to get away with murder? Is that your honest assessment of his policy? The only point that I get from your post is OBAMA BAD! or, to be a little more charitable to you, OBAMA IMMIGRATION POLICY BAD! The former, yeah, I think we all know how you feel, Bob. The latter only makes sense as compared with something, and the point is nobody seems to have actually ever implemented a policy that's any better.

I know we frequently talk at cross-purposes, and I know when we do you have that charming habit of accusing me of "ducking" or "changing the subject" (which is really sweet of you). But figuring out where the disconnect is is actually more interesting than figuring out where we differ on substance, since OBAMA BAD! just isn't pregnant with possibilities for further discussion. So, where's the disconnect? Unless it's what I've tried to say above, I'm stumped what it is you're trying to say.

[ScoobyDoo]

Re: 2nd Term Part X - A link to a fore gone conclusion

Summary.

Obama, BAD!!! Scooby, WORSE!!!! Bob, Gooooooooood!!

[Kepler]

Re: 2nd Term Part X - A link to a fore gone conclusion

Summary.

Obama, BAD!!! Scooby, WORSE!!!!

Don't take it too hard. I'm sure by this time next year we'll be hearing about how Hillary is even worse than Obama!!1! (hereafter, EWTO!!1!). Which, given that Obama was supposed to be Hitler wrapped in Stalin wrapped in Mao, will be quite an achievement.

[Bob Gray]

Re: 2nd Term Part X - A link to a fore gone conclusion

OK, I'll try and take you at your word. Do you really think Obama wants illegal immigrants to get away with murder? Is that your honest assessment of his policy? The only point that I get from your post is OBAMA BAD! or, to be a little more charitable to you, OBAMA IMMIGRATION POLICY BAD! The former, yeah, I think we all know how you feel, Bob. The latter only makes sense as compared with something, and the point is nobody seems to have actually ever implemented a policy that's any better.

I know we frequently talk at cross-purposes, and I know when we do you have that charming habit of accusing me of "ducking" or "changing the subject" (which is really sweet of you). But figuring out where the disconnect is is actually more interesting than figuring out where we differ on substance, since OBAMA BAD! just isn't pregnant with possibilities for further discussion. So, where's the disconnect? Unless it's what I've tried to say above, I'm stumped what it is you're trying to say.

Obama letting out illegals who have been bad in the past who he shouldn't and who then kill is bad. There, I think I've expressed it in your preferred manner of wording.

[Kepler]

Re: 2nd Term Part X - A link to a fore gone conclusion

Obama letting out illegals out who have been bad in the past who he shouldn't and who then kill is bad. There, I think I've expressed it in your preferred manner of wording.

Yes, I think we can all agree that's bad. We have reached consensus.

[Bob Gray]

Re: 2nd Term Part X - A link to a fore gone conclusion

Yes, I think we can all agree that's bad. We have reached consensus.

I think I'll call it a day after this colossal achievement in unity!

[Handyman]

Re: 2nd Term Part X - A link to a fore gone conclusion

I am still waiting for Obama to declare martial law, force a 3rd term and become dictator. I swear Flaggy said that multiple times...

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: 2nd Term Part X - A link to a fore gone conclusion

I am still waiting for Obama to declare martial law, force a 3rd term and become dictator. I swear Flaggy said that multiple times...

He's still got a year and a half!

[Slap Shot]

Re: 2nd Term Part X - A link to a fore gone conclusion

I love the irony of Bob complaining of others using the art of dodge, parry, thrust. Daffy would be so proud.

[joecct]

I am still waiting for Obama to declare martial law, force a 3rd term and become dictator. I swear Flaggy said that multiple times...

All it takes is a national emergency to postpone the 2016 elections - because it will seem like a good idea at the time.

George Weigl on the three pillars of democracy from a Catholic POV: http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclu...y-of-democracy

[Kepler]

Re: 2nd Term Part X - A link to a fore gone conclusion

George Weigl on the three pillars of democracy from a Catholic POV: http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclu...y-of-democracy

That's an well-written and well-thought out article; thanks for posting it. In general, First Things is a favorite "worthy opponent" on many of these types of issues.

I'll quote the author's own eloquent words:

That is why John Paul also insisted that, of the three interlocking parts of the free and virtuous society—a democratic polity, a free economy, and a vibrant public moral culture—the cultural sector is the key to the rest. For it takes a certain kind of people, formed in the arts of self-governance by a robust moral culture and living certain virtues, to operate the machinery of democracy and the free economy in ways that promote decency, justice, and solidarity, not degradation, injustice, or new forms of authoritarian bullying.

I could not agree more. Free people must be serious, educated, and sincere in their pursuit of moral good, if they are to be the best possible actors in both the political and economic spheres. The gay rights movement, like emancipation movements prior to it, exemplifies this type of excellence. These movements, when countering majority prejudice, redeem democracy by first speaking and then voting truth to power, while the superiority of their moral message gradually persuades the larger polity to change their thinking. Powerful institutions, in the case of the gay rights movement, the Church, may stand in violent opposition to such changes, but to the degree that the minority has the ability to appeal to the angels of the citizens' better nature, decency does sometimes overwhelm that prejudice.

The Church has a problem: it is morally wrong on gay rights. This is a wrong that has haunted the Church from the days of the Patristic Fathers, and it is a gross violation of Christ's principles of love. Why the Church got this way is a question for historians and philosophers, but institutionally it has a lot of growing up to do. Hopefully it will take its evolution on the question of democracy itself to heart. There was a time when the Church condemned democratic movements and upheld divine right monarchy. For at least a century it was an impediment to the development of the very community of love that it wishes to see. Eventually, it pulled a 180. With time, it will do the same on women and then finally, once it has purged its own demons, on gays. It won't happen in this century, but it will happen.

In the meantime, at least it's on the right side on poverty, and frankly that's a much more significant problem facing the world than whether Adam and Steve have to get married in a courthouse rather than a church.

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: 2nd Term Part X - A link to a fore gone conclusion

The latest in Infowars fear-mongering: Compulsory National Service. Rabble rabble buy some iodine. http://www.infowars.com/youve-been-w...-28-has-begun/

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: 2nd Term Part X - A link to a fore gone conclusion

I am still waiting for Obama to declare martial law, force a 3rd term and become dictator. I swear Flaggy said that multiple times...

Patience.