Re: Advice sought from Men of the World

On 8/1/10 1:39 AM, Mickey wrote:
Ray<chigaray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:47:06 -0500, Mickey
<Mickey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Buck Turgidson<deppitybob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Not in the least. I'd happily contribute huge sums of taxes on the
revenue in order to bring about equality in this country.

I'd rather have fairness than equality.


Life is not fair and equality (short of the grave) is a fantasy.

Right, all true. But the point is that forcing "equality" is not fair.

Buck often sounds like me and many of my friends 40 years ago. We all dreamed of living in a perfect world of comfort, fairness and equality. Then we grew up.
--
Ken in Miami
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