http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/06/24/stay-classy-justin/ A blog with delusions of grandeur. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:48:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/06/24/stay-classy-justin/#comment-3718 Rachel Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:14:47 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/06/24/stay-classy-justin/#comment-3718 Oh geez. The funny thing is that some of Justin's points are reasonable, especially in his follow up in the comments. I certainly don't agree with them wholeheartedly, but I agree with them more than I do most of the time he posts. However, his choice to insist that the actions of the government here are the equivalent of the bodily rape of an individual makes it impossible for me to be sympathetic to him. (By similar reasoning, if the governor were to veto a bill about gun control, should I argue that he is essentially perpetrating murder on the citizens of this state? The General Assembly loves power -- just like rapists love power! The governor killed a bill -- just like murderers kill people!) Oh geez. The funny thing is that some of Justin’s points are reasonable, especially in his follow up in the comments. I certainly don’t agree with them wholeheartedly, but I agree with them more than I do most of the time he posts. However, his choice to insist that the actions of the government here are the equivalent of the bodily rape of an individual makes it impossible for me to be sympathetic to him. (By similar reasoning, if the governor were to veto a bill about gun control, should I argue that he is essentially perpetrating murder on the citizens of this state? The General Assembly loves power — just like rapists love power! The governor killed a bill — just like murderers kill people!)

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