[Anyone] The New 7 Deadly sins

[Mike in Taos]

tommy is just angry because the choice the Dems give him the next election is a "Boob With Nuts" or a "Nut With Boobs"

> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:23:52 +0000
> From: totem at laplaza.org
> To: anyone at laplaza.org
> Subject: Re: [Anyone] The New 7 Deadly sins
>
> 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  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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