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Billy Carter reference. Nice.
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Originally posted by Elok View Post
I might be wrong, but doesn't US waste lots of tax money on former presidents, widows to such etc ?
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
Steven WeinbergComment
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Damn pensioners.
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They should perform in a quasi-Disneyland like the British royals.
Earn their keep.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark TwainComment
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While you are right about this, you forget that americans are down on their belly making devout muslims looking atheist when it comes to money.Originally posted by Elok View PostWith or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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Also, one does not getting called a traitor, even by the wackiest of wackos, if one doesn't agree with the Prime Minister (a la during the Bush Administration during the Iraq War).Originally posted by Elok View Post“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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Not really.Originally posted by BlackCat View Post I might be wrong, but doesn't US waste lots of tax money on former presidents, widows to such etc ?If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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As in "not a penny" or those millions are just peanuts ?Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostWith or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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As in, it's just what you europeans would consider normal pension obligations for every employer, but we only offer it to people who actually deserve it.
Well actually I wish that were true; government pensions are ludicrous but the president is one of the few people who actually deserves his.Comment
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Nah, a fair pension is reasonable, but why shouldn't former presidents pay for their own security ? That can't be the states responsibility.With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
Steven WeinbergComment
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Because lots of people hate them after they do the job? It's like being responsible for a soldiers PTSD.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark TwainComment
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True, but they probably also hated them before they got elected and there they got no protection.With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
Steven WeinbergComment
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Nah, they were all politicians before president. Lots of people already hated them for their job."I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark TwainComment
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Exactly, so why waste money on protecting them ?
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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