[MD] Down the road of mediocrity

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Arlo]
> What would the U.S. do if Iranian sailors were found near our shores? 

Nothing, unless they violated our 3-mile ocean border.

>If we
> captured them, would Iran be justified in military action against us?

If we captured them on the high seas, yes.

> What if
> those Iranian sailors claimed to have been in Mexican waters?

If they violated our ocean border, who cares what they claim?

> And
> "accidentally" entered U.S. waters? Would the U.S. simply let them go?

Perhaps. It would depend on the specifics of the violation.

> [Platt]
> "True liberals" like true conservatives would have left health care to the
> private sector, providing an incentive to citizens to stay in school, work hard
> and become self-sufficient instead of dependents of Big Brother government.
> 
> [Arlo]
> "Let the poor and lazy die, they are of no use to us." The conservative creedo.

If they knew that they couldn't depend on others to take care of them, there would
be few poor or lazy. 

> [Platt]
> After all, freedom is the MOQ's number one priority.
> 
> [Arlo]
> What you describe is not freedom, but wage slavery. People forced to work two
> jobs, families forced to rely on two incomes, all to pay exorbitant prices for
> health insurance, or go bankrupt over one emergency room visit. Social
> Darwinism, yes. Freedom? No. 

Forced, my foot. Force is when someone puts a gun to your head to bail out
a ne're-do-well, probably an illegal Mexican.

> Some things should be left to the market, like who owns a Ferrari and what the
> price of a pound of potatoes are, but who does and does not receive medical
> care? No thanks. There are some things more important than "market forces".

So food, shelter and clothing ought to taxpayer provided, too?

 



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