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cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
Fri May 25, 2012, 12:36 PM May 2012

Solomon and the Republican Mentality

Two women came before Solomon, both claiming to be the mother of a certain baby.

Solomon proposed cutting the baby in half and giving each woman half of a dead baby.

Woman 1 said, "That works. Who's got a knife?"

Woman 2 said, "No, please don't hurt the baby. Give it to her if you must."

Solomon ordered that the baby be given to woman 1, obviously the rightful mother.

Woman 1 had shown a devotion to principle. She had shown a willingness to make the tough choices. She understood that rigidity, even to absurd extremes, is the proof of virtue. She knew you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet. She knew that when you think you are in the right you never back down, even if the whole world burns. She understood that cutting your baby in half is a small price to pay to prevent anyone, anywhere, from getting a hand-out. And she understood that if she did not get her way that it really doesn't matter what happens to some damn baby...getting your way is the only thing that matters.

Clearly a good woman.

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