tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post116984371439972057..comments2023-11-03T06:35:48.003-05:00Comments on Shark and Shepherd: A debate on inequalityRick Esenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-1170170817041569632007-01-30T09:26:00.000-06:002007-01-30T09:26:00.000-06:00It's a matter of charity, both personal and "corpo...It's a matter of charity, both personal and "corporate" in both the artificial-person AND State senses.<BR/><BR/>Charity, however, is not limited to "giving away" stuff, although that is a part. It is also teaching others how to prosper.<BR/><BR/>And 'to be charitable' is, yes, a mandate, not a suggestion.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-1170121836088512722007-01-29T19:50:00.000-06:002007-01-29T19:50:00.000-06:00I suppose I could have edited my comment rather th...I suppose I could have edited my comment rather than delete it. What I meant to say is:<BR/><BR/>No, Anon, we should talk about it. In fact, I am eager to talk about it. But I'd like our conversation to get past the "Johnny has more marbles than me" stage. Maybe he has too many, but how he got them and what will happen to the availability of marbles should we grab his are worth our consideration.<BR/><BR/>D-two-niner reminds us to remember final things and I agree, but I do not believe - and both he and the author of Gaudium would agree - that this is a warrant to ignore justice during this time of "now and not yet."Rick Esenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-1170121625102162152007-01-29T19:47:00.000-06:002007-01-29T19:47:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Rick Esenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-1170070192842056922007-01-29T05:29:00.000-06:002007-01-29T05:29:00.000-06:00You right, Massa Esenberg. We po' folks just happ...You right, Massa Esenberg. We po' folks just happy to get the table scraps from the big house. Don't you be worryin' bout us.<BR/><BR/>If them librals would stop talkin' 'bout poverty it would just go 'way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-1170017907746296802007-01-28T14:58:00.000-06:002007-01-28T14:58:00.000-06:00economic inequality does not "weaken the viability...<I>economic inequality does not "weaken the viability" of the social order in a vacuum.</I><BR/><BR/>Penalver avoids the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, which is a big part of the solution to "inequality."<BR/><BR/>In fact, the Professor seems to have ignored Section 10 of G&S (the context of his extrapolation) to make his point.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.com