03-07-2014, 01:40 PM
bluesboy - the idea behind the social compact is that in this community, state and nation we are all in it together and that we will come to the aid of one another as necessary. That way, my cousins can live in tornado alley and get whacked, people from Brooklyn can move to coastal Florida and watch their roofs go flying to South Carolina, Orleanians can live in their 300 year old city, Californians can live atop a sword of Damocles, and we can live on top of a volcano that's alive and kicking. Being a nation means we've agreed to promote the general welfare, in the words of the preamble to our Constitution.
This notion that each man should pay if his house catches fire (something that is actually required in parts of Kentucky, for example) is toxic to the basic principles that unite us. I have no children that I know of and yet I am ecstatic to pay taxes that provide for education of children, because that promotes the general welfare. At some point someone somewhere decided we should behave like jackals and tear at what flesh is within our reach and snarl if anyone tries to take it from us. That approach is anti-primate, anti-American and at odds with the Hawaiian concept of ohana. I don't know when or where this notion took hold but it is more dangerous to our nation than Al Qaeda ever was.
I agree we need to build a barrier to divert the lava. I think we need to build a "Great Lava Rock Wall". The center would provide an alleyway for the lava. I think we should aim it at the 7/11 in Pahoa.
Also, I think we are also going to have to make a human sacrifice. As a service to the community, I've developed a short list. And, yes, a Kardashian is on it.
This notion that each man should pay if his house catches fire (something that is actually required in parts of Kentucky, for example) is toxic to the basic principles that unite us. I have no children that I know of and yet I am ecstatic to pay taxes that provide for education of children, because that promotes the general welfare. At some point someone somewhere decided we should behave like jackals and tear at what flesh is within our reach and snarl if anyone tries to take it from us. That approach is anti-primate, anti-American and at odds with the Hawaiian concept of ohana. I don't know when or where this notion took hold but it is more dangerous to our nation than Al Qaeda ever was.
I agree we need to build a barrier to divert the lava. I think we need to build a "Great Lava Rock Wall". The center would provide an alleyway for the lava. I think we should aim it at the 7/11 in Pahoa.
Also, I think we are also going to have to make a human sacrifice. As a service to the community, I've developed a short list. And, yes, a Kardashian is on it.