America's War on Prosperity

[Jefferson]

America's War on Prosperity

Thursday January 8th, 2003. This is show #6.

 

[Jefferson]

BEST QUOTE OF THE SHOW:

The real causes [of poverty] are never mentioned by liberals:...Laziness...Alchoholism...A crime epidemic...Drug abuse...Sexual Immorality...Divorce...Theft...Cowardice...Lack of personal responsibility...Socialism...Welfare...Communism...Bad government and bad religion...High taxes

 

[Gerald]

Thank you, Captain Obvious!

Thank you, Captain Obvious!

The real causes [of poverty] are never mentioned by liberals. ...These are the real fundamental causes of poverty: Laziness...Alchoholism...A crime epidemic...Drug abuse...Sexual Immorality...Divorce...Theft...Cowardice...Lack of personal responsibility...Socialism...Welfare...Communism...Bad government and bad religion...High taxes

Thank you oh so much for pointing out problems that have been with us since the first human being to hurl an insult instead of a stone founded civilization

 

[Zakath]

Well, preachers always were good at pointing out the obvious. That's why you can watch so many heads nodding in agreement on Sunday mornings. :chuckle:

 

[Jefferson]

If it's so obvious then why don't you ever hear liberal politicians point to those factors as the cause of poverty?

 

[Gerald]

Originally posted by Jefferson

If it's so obvious then why don't you ever hear liberal politicians point to those factors as the cause of poverty?

Because to do so is redundant.

Everybody knows What's Really Going On™, even if they'd rather not think about it. They pay preachers and politicians to tell them what they want to hear. That's the way it's always been.

It isn't like the problems listed above will ever be eradicated.

 

[Jefferson]

Originally posted by Gerald

Because to do so is redundant.

Conservative politicians talk about those subjects. Why not liberal politicians?

 

[Zakath]

Originally posted by Jefferson

Conservative politicians talk about those subjects. Why not liberal politicians?

I think if you check that all politicians talk about those subjects to some degree or other. It's just what they are suggesting we do about them that's differing...

 

[Jefferson]

Originally posted by Zakath

I think if you check that all politicians talk about those subjects to some degree or other. It's just what they are suggesting we do about them that's differing...

Yeah, liberal politicians talk about those subjects but not as the cause of poverty.

 

[Turbo]

Originally posted by Gerald

It isn't like the problems listed above will ever be eradicated.

So it's all or nothing, eh? If these problems can't be utterly eradicated, we should make no attempt to prevent them whatsoever?

I guess we should just cease all forms of criminal justice. After all, no threat of punishment will prevent all crime. :kookoo:

 

[Gerald]

Originally posted by Jefferson
Yeah, liberal politicians talk about those subjects but not as the cause of poverty.

[uncharitable hard-nose]

I fail to see what you're on about; it isn't like you're suffering...

[/uncharitable hard-nose]

 

[Zakath]

Originally posted by Jefferson

Yeah, liberal politicians talk about those subjects but not as the cause of poverty.

Of course not, then you couldn't tell they were liberal, could you? :chuckle:

 

[Gerald]

Originally posted by Turbo
So it's all or nothing, eh? If these problems can't be utterly eradicated, we should make no attempt to prevent them whatsoever?

Well, your team has certainly done a bang-up job of things; you've managed to accomplish somewhere between jack and squat in the last two thousand years or so.

I guess we should just cease all forms of criminal justice. After all, no threat of punishment will prevent all crime. :kookoo:

If the police had the authority to snuff criminals at the scene, the crime rate would plummet.

So our best bet is to simply abandon due process; he is right who has the biggest stick.

 

[Zakath]

Originally posted by Gerald

Well, your team has certainly done a bang-up job of things; you've managed to accomplish somewhere between jack and squat in the last two thousand years or so.

Ouch. :freak:

If the police had the authority to snuff criminals at the scene, the crime rate would plummet.

So our best bet is to simply abandon due process; he is right who has the biggest stick.

You are a fan of the "Judge Dredd" form of law enforcement, eh? :Grizzly:

 

[Gerald]

Originally posted by Zakath

Ouch. :freak:
You are a fan of the "Judge Dredd" form of law enforcement, eh? :Grizzly:

Hey, Dredd rocks! The TBs around here would do well to tear some pages from his playbook...:chuckle:

But they don't have the TF to do that...:chuckle:

 

[Turbo]

Originally posted by Gerald
If the police had the authority to snuff criminals at the scene, the crime rate would plummet.

So? It wouldn't eradicate crime, so why bother trying to reduce the crime rate?

 

[Gerald]

Originally posted by Turbo
So? It wouldn't eradicate crime, so why bother trying to reduce the crime rate?

:: evil, toothsome grin ::

Because it's fun...

:: goes back to boiling kittens ::

No, it doesn't eradicate crime; it eradicates criminals...

 

[Zakath]

Originally posted by Gerald

Hey, Dredd rocks! The TBs around here would do well to tear some pages from his playbook...:chuckle:

But they don't have the TF to do that...:chuckle:

I AM DA LAW!!!!

 

[Gerald]

Originally posted by Zakath

I AM DA LAW!!!!

DIS BLOCK IS UNDAH ARREST!!!!

 

[Turbo]

Originally posted by Gerald
No, it doesn't eradicate crime; it eradicates criminals...

Not all criminals.

Back to the point, you suggested that it was pointless to even identify the causes of poverty, let alone make an effort to lessen these problems, because "it isn't like the problems listed above will ever be eradicated."

That all-or-nothing mentality is ridiculous, and you clearly don't think it should be applied to other issues, like criminal justice.