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   nefa said, 3 months ago

   I think there may be common ground: when both parties acknowledge that the things the others see are real, and recognize that one set can be the cause of the other.
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   DrCanuck said, 3 months ago

   Yuh, reading a 2,000 year-old book of sheepherders “tsk tsk”-ing each other’s bad behaviour is SURE to stop folks from killing each other in inner cities.

   
   Could we have a little reality from the Right, please?
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   DrCanuck said, 3 months ago

   Oh, look; I’ve found another way to stop the killing, from the same book.

   Deut.22:

   “¹⁰ Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
   ¹¹ Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
   ¹² Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself…”

   
   Yeah, THAT’LL work.
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   Donald Williams said, 3 months ago

   For once I think Asay and I agree!
   

   Proverbs 6:16-19
   New International Version (NIV)

   16 There are six things the Lord hates,
   seven that are detestable to him:
   17 haughty eyes,
   a lying tongue,
   hands that shed innocent blood,
   18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
   feet that are quick to rush into evil,
   19 a false witness who pours out lies
   and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
   [emphasis mine]

   *
   But I have to wonder if he read further?

   Proverbs 29:7
   New International Version (NIV)

   7 The righteous care about justice for the poor,
   but the wicked have no such concern.
   
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   Fuzzy Thinker (I) said, 3 months ago

   Progressives do want to help. But, they do not learn from past failed efforts. They are incompetent. Money doesn’t solve problems as much as person to person efforts. Passing a tax and give away the money or passing a law to ban immoral behavior only makes Progressives feel good- not much else.
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   Incredulous said, 3 months ago

   @DrCanuck

   How many years ago was Deuteronomy written? And you represent Canadian academia?
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   Jimathai said, 3 months ago

   whenever u have a society based on the pyramid class system of poor middle class and rich… of course those who are poor are going to have more crime… its called trying to survive.
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   DrCanuck said, 3 months ago

   @Incredulous

   How many years ago was Proverbs written? And what the hell is your point?
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   lonecat said, 3 months ago

   This is a nasty cartoon. (Am I surprised?) It shows clearly that Asay’s first and last impulse is to put people down. It’s not his job to decide who’s a sinner: “1. Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again” (Matthew 7). When he sees black people in the inner city all he sees is sin. What a jerk. Sorry, but he really got to me with this one.
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    Donald Williams said, 3 months ago

    @Fuzzy Thinker (I)

    “Passing … a law to ban immoral behavior….”
    -———————
    It appears to me that your thinking is really fuzzy on this one; isn’t it the GOP who want to pass laws banning contraception, abortion, gay marriage, etc., ad infinitum ?
    
    Correct me if I’m wrong.
    
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    Incredulous said, 3 months ago

    @

    You are! I was referring to his misrepresentation of the age of the book. That would be encompassed in my second sentence.
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    Incredulous said, 3 months ago

    @DrCanuck

    Clueless as usual, aren’t you! Let me dumb it down for you. How many years ago did YOU say Deuteronomy written?
    Pointed enough for you?
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    Fuzzy Thinker (I) said, 3 months ago

    @Donald Williams

    “… isn’t it the GOP who want to pass laws banning…” Yes, so do they. Liberals think you are a bad person if you do not do things the way they think they should be done. Example: NYC Mayor and ban on large sodas. There is a lot of desire to use laws to interfere with you life.
    Ban on guns in Chicago does not work so the Progressive answer is to ban guns in states that have no gun problem.
    The real answer is community outreach programs AND recognizing that lots of people are not willing to respond to help.
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    DrCanuck said, 3 months ago

    @Incredulous

    As Donald Williams quite correctly said, thank you for supporting my point. As unwittingly as you may have been.
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    Incredulous said, 3 months ago

    @DrCanuck

    If pointing out your error on the age of the document is supporting your point, then I stand guilty. Everything else you wrote is mere speculation on your part.
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