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Gov't
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Mar 11, 2005
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Some may argue that my purpose in working for the government (not that I do...you see, I'm supposed to keep quiet about it because you can kidnap me and get secret information from me. The thing is, I don't know anything, so you'd just be wasting your time) is in fact quite minimal. I would agree with that. I think the country would get along just fine without me. But I would imagine that some would argue that the government could be saving money by not employing me. While this seems to make sense, it's not true. Even if I wasn't sucking my share of money out of the taxes that every employed person pays (including me), the government would still find a way to spend that money. It's not like you'd get a check in the mail one day saying, "The government has downsized and you're the one that benefits!" Actually, if you figure there are about 295,638,647 people in the US right now, and assuming I make $100,000 per year (an obviously overstated estimate), each person would get $0.0003. If you think this is worth firing me, by all means get me fired. #business
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Animal instinct
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Mar 11, 2005
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I'm reminded of something I read a while ago concerning sexual immorality and other "things done for the feeling." It was said that one thing that separates humans from animals is humans' ability to act on things other than feeling. Animals survive by instinct. They do things because they know no other way. Similarly, as a recent example, in learning how to train our cats, Wendy and I learned that cats don't respond to punishment like some other animals do. They respond to good and bad experiences. If they climb on the counter and find something good, they'll do it again. But if their experience is somehow made unpleasant, they'll stay away. So in other words, they act based on feeling. Which brings me to my point: as humans, if we just do whatever feels good, there's nothing that separates us from animals. #religion
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