(urth) Gene Wolfe Fans Talk Politics (Again)

[brunians at brunians.org]

Well, I'd think you'd have to minimize the shame-heaping aspects if you
wanted to adapt the system for general use, but that doesn't mean it can't
be done.

Doesn't change the principal, I don't think.




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> On May 19, 2009, at 5:01 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
>
>>> The Mormons have an excellent (and voluntary) social welfare
>>> system, which
>>> they pay for themselves, by tithing. I have often thought that
>>> something
>>> of the kind could be adapted for people who would like this kind of
>>> security and don't want to necessarily be Mormon.
>
> I was born and raised Mormon, left in adolescence.  They shovel a
> heap of shame on any monies they pay out as welfare.  A heaping
> pile.  Not many of them have the stomach to accept under those
> conditions.
>
> Steven Bowen
> http://bowenfinearts.com/
>
>
>
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