tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509760839117869165.post4448271151305518751..comments2024-02-24T01:48:48.809-08:00Comments on Pork Brains with Milk Gravy: Equal rights, just say noBen Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807488850925842222noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509760839117869165.post-52143555129379403882015-06-10T07:28:11.554-07:002015-06-10T07:28:11.554-07:00Strictly on economics, I agree. However, this was ...Strictly on economics, I agree. However, this was not a post strictly about economics. You have given me an idea for another postBen Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17807488850925842222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509760839117869165.post-49909783169249237652015-06-09T15:18:32.831-07:002015-06-09T15:18:32.831-07:00OK, guess you're going with the rights the pow...OK, guess you're going with the rights the powers that be deign to allow us to exercise or allow us to have the opportunity to exercise, provided we pay the appropriate fee, and have the paperwork on our persons. Please note the opportunity to exercise said right is therefore already not equal, since you have to have the cash available to pay the fee. Case in point: one of the adult leaders in my sons' scout troop has a Thompson, yeah, a real one (inherited, i believe, one does not ask too many questions of a man with a Thompson in his hands). However, he does not have the excess disposable income to foot the bill for the paperwork for a weapon that is fully automatic (still REALLY fun to shoot, though), therefore this noble device exists in a state of semi-assembly, but for the want of sufficient samolians to afford the owner the opportunity to use it as it was intended.<br /><br />So, on the basis of economics alone, there is no equal opportunity to exercise any "rights" or "opportunities" that require fees of any kind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509760839117869165.post-42009537405156994262015-06-08T09:58:49.528-07:002015-06-08T09:58:49.528-07:00"I'm focusing tonight on equal opportunit..."I'm focusing tonight on equal opportunity." ER and EO are therefore interchangeable in this piece.<br /><br />I did say that I'm missing something in this piece and still have not figured it out.Ben Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17807488850925842222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509760839117869165.post-87059003548391844562015-06-08T09:49:27.534-07:002015-06-08T09:49:27.534-07:00Did i mention that the people who run this site de...Did i mention that the people who run this site desperately need to be brutally killed (very slowly) and laughed at as they die screaming?<br /><br />Let's start again. First, sorry i didn't send this comment sooner, but in addition to being compelled to edjamakate my young 'uns as to the subtle nuances of the Mad Max trilogy, after taking them to see Fury Road; i also find myself having to retype in my entry, since, apparently, you need to make your "comment as" selection prior to putting in your comment (good thing they put that selection below the comment box), else the text in the comment block gets erased.<br />Anyway, not quite sure what you're getting at here, Ben. Are you saying i have the right to convince a 5 year old to hang on to a lit stick of dynamyte because look how pretty and sparkly the end of the fuse is? Part of the problem is you start talking about "equal opportunity", then segway into "equal rights", but i'm guessin' you are mainly dealing with the issue of equal rights, since that seems to be what the bulk of your commentary is about. But even taking that into account, there's still the question: are you talking about actual (i.e. inalienable) rights or are you talking those rights that the gubmint deigns to allow us to exercise, provided we pay the appropriate fee, and hev the paperwork on our persons? There's nothing to stop someone from barrelin' down the road at 90 mph ('cept maybe that state trooper hunkered down in the median). The license just lets you do it with less trouble from the authorities. But lets pull back bit, 150 years ago, there weren't any cars. Did you need a license to drive a horse? Or to drive cattle (where's the clutch on this thing?)? I can't say for sure, but i'm thinkin' not. So i think you need to figure what you're really writing about: equal opportunity, equal rights, or the rights that law purportedly allow us to exercise. In closing, i'll leave you with what my Uncle Lou used to say after offering his opinion: "That and a token will get you on the subway."<br /><br />sherpa Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com