I just read this on another message board, (not Free Republic)...

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Mon Apr-13-09 10:14 PM
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I just read this on another message board, (not Free Republic)...

But even the Freepers would want nothing to do with this nutcase.

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On "Depression"

I've been told several times that my depression is a medical disease, but to me, that sounds like making excuses. I'm pessimistic, sour, rancorous, snarly, foul-tempered, and I make absolutely no excuse for the way I am. I am not one of those who claim mental issues such as Asperger's Syndrome or the like; I'm a grouch, and that is that.

I know I said I was going back on antidepressants. I made that decision in a weak moment, where I gave into temptation.

On Charity

How I see it is simple: I must offer charity, as that is my Christian duty. I should not receive charity, as that is theft. End of story.

On Nature

There is nothing beautiful about nature; to think that there is anything lovely about it is only delusion. The lilies of the field gorge themselves on the remains of death and decay. All that move on the earth directly or indirectly feast on each other with no pity or concern. Even the rainbow is a constant reminder that God once wiped life from the face of the earth, and He will do it again, and next time, He will leave NOTHING behind but an Earth scorched clean by the fires of his wrath.

Secondly, all undomesticated animals should receive our best efforts to eradicate them. The large predators and herbivores serve us no purpose and are an obstacle at best and a threat at worst. To think of them as attractive or to consider them worthy of any pity or consideration should earn the person the same scorn and derision that those with any sense give PETA and Greenpeace. Also, the extinction of any wild animal should result in celebration; one less species for the Greenies to rally around. Seriously, meat from the domesticated cow or pig serves us as well as meat from a deer.

On Canada

I hate Canada and refuse to believe that it ever did anything good for a simple reason: It is not the United States of America. That is all.

On Capitalism

The true Capitalist allows business owners to do whatever they please to gain maximum profit.

I have heard that in mine collapses, mine owners would refuse to rescue workers, letting them die and hire others. It's a perfectly practical way to operate; rescuing is expensive and often, what workers can be rescued are unable to work, and said expense of rescuing them is wasted.

I have read articles of rivers catching fire, and land becoming too poisoned to work afterwards. The proper answer to that is "so?" Look at what happened to the coal companies of England when the government decided to whine about the smogs: Capitalism was interfered with and many companies were ruined. Waste treatment is likewise expensive; a river catching fire may cause some expense, but the installation of waste treatment facilities and proper sewers are likely even more so, and therefore not practical.

There has also been some argument about the Truck System, wherein a company would issue its own currency, forcing employees to buy food from company-owned stores and pay rent to the company, making it impossible to save money to move on. The simple fact is, this is a perfect means of keeping employees loyal, making sure they will go nowhere else.

Demanding companies concern themselves with workplace safety, clean up after themselves, or pay their employees a "fair wage" dilutes and destroys capitalism. Is this a moral way to act? A ridiculous question: morality has nothing to do with Capitalism, and those that believe that's a bad thing are deluded.

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