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Thoughts on a snowy day
Dec. 17th, 2013 11:30 amIncome inequality
So, the Pope says some mild statements about income inequality being unjust and not all problems being amenable to a market solution, and The Usual Suspects get all pissy. I'm sorry - nothing in the Gospels supports free markets or the making of money.
There's a quote attributed to a Brazilian bishop. "When I give food to the poor, they call me a good man. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a Marxist."
The Case of the Chihuahua and The Doberman
In John Scalzi's ongoing crank infestation, I am reminded of a dispute between a chihuahua and doberman. The smaller dog runs around, barks a lot, and generally makes an ass of himself. The larger dog, not threatened and thus not really caring very much, does very little and only when extremely provoked.
This of course is the nature of small dogs. They don't have the gravitas of the big dog, and so to gain attention (and web hits) they must make a lot of noise. In this crank infestation, one will note that the small dog talks about his current web ranking, obtained after a year of barking, not his web rating when he started barking.
So, the Pope says some mild statements about income inequality being unjust and not all problems being amenable to a market solution, and The Usual Suspects get all pissy. I'm sorry - nothing in the Gospels supports free markets or the making of money.
There's a quote attributed to a Brazilian bishop. "When I give food to the poor, they call me a good man. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a Marxist."
The Case of the Chihuahua and The Doberman
In John Scalzi's ongoing crank infestation, I am reminded of a dispute between a chihuahua and doberman. The smaller dog runs around, barks a lot, and generally makes an ass of himself. The larger dog, not threatened and thus not really caring very much, does very little and only when extremely provoked.
This of course is the nature of small dogs. They don't have the gravitas of the big dog, and so to gain attention (and web hits) they must make a lot of noise. In this crank infestation, one will note that the small dog talks about his current web ranking, obtained after a year of barking, not his web rating when he started barking.
