tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post6403622693214315293..comments2024-03-27T12:56:38.992-07:00Comments on The Skeptical Bureaucrat: Somewhat Less Than UniversalTSBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-83884638255597835082011-12-13T09:04:04.148-08:002011-12-13T09:04:04.148-08:00Quran,
Thanks for your comment. You bring up the ...Quran,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. You bring up the big different between theological and civil systems of government. The civil kind has no angels, just men trying to govern themselves and others. The primary author of the U.S. Constitution said just that:<br /><br />"If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary." - Federalist Papers #51<br /><br />http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa51.htm<br /><br />I can't speak for non-Western civilizations, and I won't even try to speak for angels. But I trust a constitutionaly limited system of human government as the protector of my human rights.TSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-28266540868680446822011-12-12T22:45:51.930-08:002011-12-12T22:45:51.930-08:00@TSB... I think if ALLAH's right and natural r...@TSB... I think if ALLAH's right and natural right would be considered then no one can be in trouble this world would be like paradise and people are just like angels. minding their own business taking care, sharing love and wealth and food with each other.Quranhttp://www.quranreading.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-29000882638700985312011-12-12T18:56:44.490-08:002011-12-12T18:56:44.490-08:00Kepha,
Thanks for your comment. I prefer God-give...Kepha,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. I prefer God-given rights, or natural rights, as well. Provided we're talking about the rights that we recognize in Western Civilization; Muslims are also an Abrahamic faith, but they have quite a different interpretation.<br /><br />And I think the best way to guarantee my rights is to have a government that is constitutionally limited and too weak to interfere with them, but that's another matter.TSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-86132936811986558542011-12-12T14:19:11.658-08:002011-12-12T14:19:11.658-08:00Actually, I believe these rights are God-given:
(...Actually, I believe these rights are God-given:<br /><br />(1) The right to approach our true creator in repentence and faith.<br /><br />(2) The right to rest one day in seven.<br /><br />(4) The right of parents and lawful authority to respect.<br /><br />(5) The right for one's life to be protected and avenged by civil authority.<br /><br />(6) The right to sanctified, heterosexual, monogamous marriage free from outside interlopers (adulterers).<br /><br />(7) The right to see one's property protected.<br /><br />(8) The right to be protected from false witness.<br /><br />(9) Protection from the hateful and envious.<br /><br />These seem to be rights derived from the moral law which God announced on Sinai.Kephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-44815398513257153682011-12-09T19:14:23.913-08:002011-12-09T19:14:23.913-08:00I hadn't. But I love the shaving gear on that ...I hadn't. But I love the shaving gear on that website!I didn't know those razors were still made.TSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-54317682628829322072011-12-08T13:19:05.223-08:002011-12-08T13:19:05.223-08:00No soul I'll agree with! Ghandi had soul! gwbNo soul I'll agree with! Ghandi had soul! gwbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-51831992371949502972011-12-08T11:30:22.776-08:002011-12-08T11:30:22.776-08:00I don't think Hillary has the soul of a VP. An...I don't think Hillary has the soul of a VP. Anyway, she's already been a co-President, so VP would be a step down.TSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-49589428888237914422011-12-08T07:39:25.174-08:002011-12-08T07:39:25.174-08:00http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispe...http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/12/07/hillary-campaign-conspicuosly-emerges<br />TSB: Imagine a future with the 1st woman VP! gwbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-22764299266736904252011-12-07T19:59:45.893-08:002011-12-07T19:59:45.893-08:00I remember when Hillary said she was running for t...I remember when Hillary said she was running for the Senate in order to "reinvent human nature for the 21st Century." I think that's an exact quote. Anyone who speaks in those terms should be kept as far as possible from political power.TSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-57302805584451677012011-12-07T19:05:33.576-08:002011-12-07T19:05:33.576-08:00TSB! This Ghandi book is great! This guy is my fav...TSB! This Ghandi book is great! This guy is my favorite history prof for sure! gwbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-80910469311214504122011-12-07T18:59:00.513-08:002011-12-07T18:59:00.513-08:00TSB: Of course human rights are culturally defined...TSB: Of course human rights are culturally defined. But you are talking about reality and forgetting about "the politics of meaning" which is what we are dealing with here. This article is not at all good but this snip explains it well: "reveals the extent to which the Clintons planned on digging deep, deep into the culture. Hillary believed that it was her place to take up the cause of “redefining who we are as human beings in this post-modern age.” And further, that we must be “willing to remold society by redefining what it means to be a human being in the 20th century, moving into a new millenium.” In fact she enthusiastically agreed that she was looking for a “unified field theory of life.”<br /><br />I THINK SHE WILL KEEP LOOKING FOR IT AS LONG AS IT'S WORKING FOR HER! gwb <br /><br /><br />http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/204327/politics-meaning-memory-lane/jonah-goldbergAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com