Comments on: Friday Talking Points [103] -- Just Do It! http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/12/04/ftp103/ Reality-based political commentary Fri, 08 May 2026 01:45:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Osborne Ink http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/12/04/ftp103/#comment-6786 Osborne Ink Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:09:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/index.php/2009/12/04/ftp103/#comment-6786 "(T)he rhetoric of the religiously-based arguments also qualifies as doublethink of the first order. "We are morally opposed to killing fetuses because of our religion, therefore our tax dollars should not go to pay for it" is the way this argument runs. Well, you know what? The government is involving in killing on a daily basis — and it has nothing to do with babies (unless they happen to be in their mother's womb underneath one of our drone-launched bombs or missiles). Many people's religion ("Thou shalt not kill") forbids them utterly from taking human life. Of course, only a couple of mainstream sects really uphold this (the Quakers, I believe, and other doctrinally-pacifist religions), but if we're allowed to bar our tax dollars from paying for things a few of us don't believe in, then the Pentagon should be completely and utterly de-funded immediately. As should our entire judicial system, both the feds and (most) states combined, because the death penalty is an option in some trials. So spare me the "conscience clause" morality, until you advocate taking every penny for the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice out of the federal budget. Sometimes your tax dollars kill. It's a fact of American government. Deal with it." Chris, that's awesome. I'm keeping it. "(T)he rhetoric of the religiously-based arguments also qualifies as doublethink of the first order. "We are morally opposed to killing fetuses because of our religion, therefore our tax dollars should not go to pay for it" is the way this argument runs. Well, you know what? The government is involving in killing on a daily basis — and it has nothing to do with babies (unless they happen to be in their mother's womb underneath one of our drone-launched bombs or missiles). Many people's religion ("Thou shalt not kill") forbids them utterly from taking human life. Of course, only a couple of mainstream sects really uphold this (the Quakers, I believe, and other doctrinally-pacifist religions), but if we're allowed to bar our tax dollars from paying for things a few of us don't believe in, then the Pentagon should be completely and utterly de-funded immediately. As should our entire judicial system, both the feds and (most) states combined, because the death penalty is an option in some trials. So spare me the "conscience clause" morality, until you advocate taking every penny for the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice out of the federal budget. Sometimes your tax dollars kill. It's a fact of American government. Deal with it."

Chris, that's awesome. I'm keeping it.

]]> By: BashiBazouk http://www.chrisweigant.com/2009/12/04/ftp103/#comment-6782 BashiBazouk Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:19:38 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/index.php/2009/12/04/ftp103/#comment-6782 And just to tie it all nicely together: <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/devil_ball_golf/post/Unfortunate-timing-The-Obama-Tiger-Woods-magazi?urn=golf,206538" rel="nofollow">January issue of golf digest.</a> And you were thinking the comedians were having fun with this now... And just to tie it all nicely together:

January issue of golf digest.

And you were thinking the comedians were having fun with this now...

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