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Originally posted by MDDoxs
reply to post by Valhall
I did read your post, either you did not effectively make the point you intended, but from my perspective, you have defined "evil people" as those who have a higher income. Their political affiliation appears to be an after thought.
My opinion remains valid.
edit on 6-10-2012 by MDDoxs because: (no reason given)
sar·casm /ˈsɑrkæzəm/ Show Spelled[sahr-kaz-uhm] noun
1. harsh or bitter derision or irony.
2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a review full of sarcasms.
Originally posted by pajoly
Am I the only that finds this entire thread absurd? The premise is a nonsensical invention of the OP. I've never heard anyone make the claim that wealth is correlative to evil. It is a ridiculous OP, not worthy of the site.
Originally posted by MDDoxs
reply to post by Valhall
I did read your post, either you did not effectively make the point you intended, but from my perspective, you have defined "evil people" as those who have a higher income. Their political affiliation appears to be an after thought.
My opinion remains valid.
edit on 6-10-2012 by MDDoxs because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by ColeYounger
It's absolutely frightening how many people can read the OP but not extract the slightest hint of a clue as to what's being said. It must be our zombie culture that's responsible. The mass media\TV\facebook\cellphone invasion has left some people incapable of discernment.
The OP is stating that the democratic 'left' associates wealth with evil.
It's the class war, and it has been in swing for a couple of years now. The 'occupy' movement really got it off the ground. Dozens of occupiers were noted, saying things like:
"If you're rich, you did something illegal or evil along the way."
"Rich people are what's wrong with this country."
"The 1% are exploiting the 99%"
"The wealthy are the ones who are really responsible for poverty."
The left-wing icon Michael Moore, who is worth millions, said "Rich people don't understand that their money is a natural resource. It's NOT really theirs."
Obama and Biden have said repeatedly that "the rich don't pay their fair share."
If you google terms like 'evil rich', you'll get thousands of links.
Get It? RICH = EVIL.
Now, since $250,00 is the starting point for 'evil richness', the OP has devised a sliding scale to measure how evil an evil rich person really is. (There is also a bit of sarcasm in the OP. It's really bizarre how many people don't understand sarcasm.)
The OP isn't saying that Hitler isn't evil. The OP isn't saying that serial killers aren't evil.
The thread wasn't meant to be a debate over the definition of "evil".
The OP is simply saying that the administration, along with the progressive left agenda (or whatever you want to call it) has promoted the idea that rich people are evil. So...where's the starting point? It appears to be $250,000.
Hence the thread..."Identifying evil people"
Since it appears that Mitt Romney being a successful business man and having a net worth of 250 million dollars is the major "evil" point about him,
Originally posted by MDDoxs
I do not agree with your definition of "evil"
Plenty of poor "evil" people in the world, some far worse then the politicians and businessmen you have listed.