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Different Drummer

(7,649 posts)
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 02:48 PM Mar 2017

A commentary on Pennywise

The following comes from an Episcopal priest I know who is a Facebook friend of mine. As far as I'm concerned, he nailed it.

"when i was hungry, you canceled my food stamps
when i was thirsty, you diverted lead & coal into my water
when i was sick, you tripled my insurance rates
when i was naked, you raped me & blamed me because i was naked.
when i was in prison, you enslaved me to corporations
when i was a stranger with brown skin you deported me
from the lonely you took away social programs
from the elderly, you took away meals & medicine
from the workers, you took away legal protections
from the young, you took away school funding
from the victims, you took away shelter
instead of diversity, you encourage intolerance
instead of caring, you encourage isolation
instead of equity, you encourage military excess
when the 1% has ground us into the dust, taken all of our money, and let us die for lack of insurance - who will you feed upon?"

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A commentary on Pennywise (Original Post) Different Drummer Mar 2017 OP
I was just saying this morning: ginnyinWI Mar 2017 #1

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
1. I was just saying this morning:
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 02:52 PM
Mar 2017

Business has no morality, no ethics or goals except for the bottom line and the continual acquisition of power (which leads to more money). Trump subscribes to this morality, which is actually no morality at all.

You can be a business person and still have morality though: witness Bill Gates and Warren Buffet.

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