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[Arthur Bruce]

Very nice Stew




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On Monday, April 17th, 2023 at 5:19 PM, Stuart D Gathman <stuart at gathman.org> wrote:


> On Thu, 23 Feb 2023, Arturo Davila Andino wrote:
> 
> > I think we all agree that rules within a society are entirely fabricated and
> 
> 
> Strongly disagree. Rules within a society approximate reality - the
> less accurate, the sicker the society.
> 
> > One example of this is the practice of redlining, which was used by the
> > Federal Housing Administration in the mid-20th century to deny loans to
> > people in certain areas, primarily Black neighborhoods. This practice helped
> 
> 
> On the other hand, making loans to people who couldn't afford them
> led to the crash of the mortgage system.
> 
> > discrimination and marginalization. (I am not even getting started
> > on Internment of Japanese Americans in 1942)
> 
> 
> You should, as that was blatantly unconstitutional.
> 
> > A controlling tactic we humans use to subjugate people is using facts and
> > ignoring their feelings. By focusing on objective facts and ignoring the
> 
> 
> Reality has a way of smacking people who ignore facts in the face -
> without any help from unfeeling people. If someone is truly unaware
> of facts (as opposed to willfully ignorant as in Hosea 4:6), it is
> kindness to try to inform them, especially if they are in danger.
> 
> > I am not advocating for the elimination of hierarchies or social rules, but
> > I will always be a passionate supporter of the disenfranchised. The reason
> 
> 
> Favoritism to the poor is just as wicked as favoritism to the rich
> or to the crowd. Exodus 23:3, Leviticus 19:15
> 
> Supporting the disenfranchised with your own time and resources
> is a virtue. Stealing other people's time and resources
> to do so is wicked. (Note Robin Hood did not steal from the rich,
> but was simply returning money literally stolen from the poor at
> swordpoint - it wasn't even legally taxed.)_______________________________________________
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