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To: Notforprophet
You know darn well what this conversation is about and what started it.

On a thread about a daughter wanting to remove the feeding tube from her invalid father and you quoted a biblical passage about 'those who will not work, shall not eat."

60 posted on 06/13/2014 7:12:04 AM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (People should not be afraid of the government. Government should be afraid of the people)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

My comments were entirely in the context of a discussion about food and water being basic human rights.

Furthermore, “will not” is distinct from “cannot” in the English language. the first implies that an action *can* be done but *isn’t* due to some choice by the actor; the second that an action is beyond the capabilities of the actor whatever they may choose. The Biblical passage I quoted is widely understood to refer to the slothful, not to the sick and dying or those otherwise incapable of providing for themselves.

Did I really have to spell this all out for you, or are you being deliberately obtuse?


61 posted on 06/13/2014 8:17:03 AM PDT by Notforprophet (Don't Tread On Me)
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