Fumesucker
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Wed Sep-07-11 02:05 AM
Response to Reply #17 |
| 20. Daddy makes and enforces the rules we live by as children.. |
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Politicians make and enforce the rules we live by as adults.
The parallel isn't exact but it's certainly there.
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| -The way we squabble here--we're like the kids of addict parents |
jpgray |
Sep-05-11 05:50 PM |
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Who's your daddy, hey? |
FrenchieCat |
Sep-05-11 06:01 PM |
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Nah. You can't look at the austerity drive and not see addicts looking to rationalize |
jpgray |
Sep-05-11 06:12 PM |
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You need to be lecturing to the folks who need to get out there and |
FrenchieCat |
Sep-05-11 06:26 PM |
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But our shit doesn't even make sense. We contradict ourselves constantly |
jpgray |
Sep-05-11 06:38 PM |
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You got it, Frenchie. No matter how dysfunctional, how unreiliable, |
EFerrari |
Sep-05-11 06:26 PM |
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A 30 year old is not a kid...... |
FrenchieCat |
Sep-05-11 06:28 PM |
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But you haven't moved out of the house, neither have I |
jpgray |
Sep-05-11 09:49 PM |
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"They feel a responsibility to us, they want to do right by us" [citation needed] |
JVS |
Sep-05-11 06:27 PM |
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It's why betrayals are still rationalized, and why there are so many broken promises |
jpgray |
Sep-05-11 09:52 PM |
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Take your pick: |
Turbineguy |
Sep-05-11 06:30 PM |
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We aren't children after a certain age it is not appropriate |
demgrrrll |
Sep-05-11 06:35 PM |
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It's time to move out, then, from our party? |
jpgray |
Sep-05-11 09:48 PM |
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I think my point may not have been clear. My point is that |
demgrrrll |
Sep-07-11 01:48 AM |
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The child-sibling-parent analogy is totally inappropriate |
frazzled |
Sep-05-11 06:48 PM |
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My sentiments exactly. n/t |
Shagbark Hickory |
Sep-05-11 06:49 PM |
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Inappropriate, yes, but accurate |
jpgray |
Sep-05-11 07:14 PM |
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excellent post, you've hit the nail on the head. n/t |
emulatorloo |
Sep-06-11 11:01 AM |
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OP assumes that the 'family' analogy with a political party is an accurate one. |
Ikonoklast |
Sep-06-11 11:47 AM |
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Daddy makes and enforces the rules we live by as children.. |
Fumesucker |
Sep-07-11 02:05 AM |
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The politicians are not our mommies or daddies. They are our employees. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Sep-06-11 12:07 PM |
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