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Originally Posted by Ajack
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...........Been watching the television series, The Tudors. Now those were the days. When a Noble or other prominent citizen received the sentence of death, the townsfolk would show up for the free entertainment. Beheading, hanging, burned at the stake, the audience was thrilled to liven up their dreary existence. They yelled and hooted and whistled and had a jolly good time.
Come to think of it, they did the same kind of stuff in the Mel Gibson movie, Braveheart. I guess there is something in our nature that likes to see the rich and powerful fall.............
I for one, take no pleasure in seeing the rich and powerful fall. I am interested in seeing justice for the arrogant and selfish, whether rich, poor, or middle class. There are many wealthy people, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, and Michael Bloomberg come to mind, that take the responsibility of their wealth very seriously, and attempt to do some good for mankind as a whole.
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You are interested in seeing justice for the arrogant and selfish? Is it against the law to be arrogant? We would lose a few of our TOTV members if that is the case. Who would judge the arrogant?
Again, is it against the law to be selfish?
Do you know Bill Gates? You don't grow to be the richest man alive by being a fool. It takes business savvy. When did Mr. Gates decide to be ungreedy? You have to be fairly "greedy" to accumulate wealth, no? Rumors are that he wasn't always doing good for mankind. Maybe he started to give money away for PR? Maybe it is a tax write-off?
When your worth billions and billions, what's giving a few away really mean? I bet he wasn't giving alot of money away when he was as poor as Mr. Morse?
I guess rich is relative? My point is that life is more complicated and the more money you have the more complicated it gets. Who would be in a position to judge a rich man? You? Me? If he is judged by his "peers," do we have to find zillionaires to be on the jury?
Ok.I'm through with my little rant. Back to your regularly scheduled activity.