[Anyone] The New 7 Deadly sins

[Thos Myers]

It was the Pope.
mikeintaos is the Pope only in his own mind.


Following Pope Gregory of the 6th century who came up the the original
list of sins.

"financial gluttony" - that should be obvious.  Exxon/Mobil, Ken Lay,
bushco, and many more who practice getting much more than they need.  As
Naomi Klien pointed out yesterday on FSTV, "CEO's now make more than 400%
more than the workers.  That's gluttony.  Or was it 700%?

Social injustice?  Wal-Mart employee practices.  Slavery. Segregation.
Wars on non-white people.  Wars on people who practice another religion.
Child soldiers. Allowing homelesness, even in our community.

Fairness is an ethical issue.  Animals just "do."
 On Wed, 12 Mar
2008, J Mac wrote:

>
>
> Who picked these supposed 7 deadly sins?
> MikeinTaos?
> I mean, hey, what's wrong with taking drugs?
> I LIKE caffeine!
>
> And what's wrong with this human experimentation?
> It's better than using other animals; they don't make very accurate medical models.
> Also, there are simply too many damned humans.
> More tigers, I say, and fewer humans!
>
> And what the heck is "financial gluttony"?
> Eagerness to earn money?
> Enjoyment of the capacity to purchase stuff?
>
> I don't even know what "social injustice" is.
> I hope it doesn't mean something like "unfairness."
> I don't think any animal species has ever enjoyed any notable measure of "fairness;"
> it's certainly never been a significant characteristic of any large human society,
> and on a planet infested with six and a half thousand million humans, it's going to be increasingly rare.
>
> My own cardinal deadly sin, human overpopulation, didn't even make the list!
>
> John McL.
> Taos
> ======================================
>
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Tom Myers <totem at laplaza.org> write:
>
> > Subject: [Anyone] The New 7 Deadly sins
> >
> >
> > > Genetic modification
> > > Human experimentations
> > > Polluting the environment
> > > Social injustice
> > > Causing poverty
> > > Financial gluttony
> > > Taking drugs
>
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