Are you in favor of forcing poor people and their kids to clean houses and sweep streets?

[quinnox]

If so then- Congratulations, you are a prime candidate to join todays republican party! Welcome aboard!

[aletier_v]

1. yes, if they're ex-policemen

You broke it, you buy it.

[The Straight Story]

2. No, but I favor telling adults they are forbidden from hanging out/smoking with each other in bars

with each other...


:rofl: :hide:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. And after that they'll advocate feeding the dead poor to the new slave class

It doesn't use up energy to burn the dead bodies and it's a cheap source of protein. That may sound nuts today, but yesterday I would have said that advocating elimination of child labor laws was also nuts.

[Pithlet]

4. Well, I had to clean my bedroom when I was a kid

And I have to clean my own house now, so. Same thing. What's the big deal? :sarcasm:

[Bonobo]

5. The general level of the dialog on DU has been SOOOO dumbed down.

Delete this comment if you will, but I really have to express my surprise at how dumbed down the overall level of discussion on DU has become.

[Codeine]

6. We're a nuance-free zone. nt

[Bonobo]

7. Was it like this 4 years ago for example?

It just seems so, so, so stupid now.

[aletier_v]

8. Dude, it's gingrich's idea, not ours

[Bonobo]

12. Yeah, dude, like I totally grok that, man. nt

[The Straight Story]

10. It's been better, been worse

We are a large community, and sometimes - well, you end up with posters like me :evilgrin:

[Fumesucker]

11. You stuck your hand in Newt's garbage disposal unit..

That's why you got so chewed up on your thread, it wasn't what you posted that people were reacting to, rather it was Newt's proposal.

Having kids clean their own schools is not a bad idea in a society a lot more egalitarian than our own, here it will just be used to further widen class division that are already a yawning chasm.

[JoePhilly]

9. I am in favor if making Newt do it.

I am also in favor of making every child of a law maker a soldier in the most hostile areas that we send our troops.

If you are going to vote for war ... your kids go first.