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To: jazusamo
"Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Think things, not words." In words, many see a need for "social justice" to override "the dictates of the market." In reality, what is called "the market" consists of human beings making their own choices at their own cost. What is called "social justice" is government imposition of the notions of third parties, who pay no price for being wrong."

And those who advocate the misnomer of "social justice" overlook the fact that although the individual "human beings" who make up the "market" are imperfect and apt to make bad choices, those "third parties" in their scheme are, themselves, likewise imperfect human beings who, when in positions of power in government, are just as apt to make bad choices, except on a massive scale affecting the lives of millions.

33 posted on 10/07/2009 6:56:23 AM PDT by loveliberty2
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To: loveliberty2
And those who advocate the misnomer of "social justice"..., those "third parties" in their scheme are, themselves, likewise imperfect human beings who, when in positions of power in government, are just as apt to make bad choices, except on a massive scale affecting the lives of millions.

What was that phrase that Obama used? "Distributive justice"? This reminds me of Zimbabwe and Mugabe returning the country to it's "rightful owners".

39 posted on 10/07/2009 12:25:11 PM PDT by oldbrowser (The audacity of incompetence)
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To: loveliberty2

Outstanding point! I just got a little smarter thanks to your post.


41 posted on 10/07/2009 8:04:38 PM PDT by Sergio (If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he make a sound?)
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