Comments on: The ultimate death tax http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/14/the-ultimate-death-tax/ Think. It ain't illegal yet... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:48:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Booth http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/14/the-ultimate-death-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-12239 Jim Booth Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:49:20 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/14/the-ultimate-death-tax/#comment-12239 Just look at this culture, Natasha - it's a culture where advertising determines the human conversation - in such a culture the value of individual humans (unless they can be used political props or media diversions) is - well, nil. Thanks for a thoughtful post, Natasha. Is it any wonder, though, that in such a culture as ours that people die without so much as a murmur of protest from a media manipulated, politically anesthetized populace? I weep for my country - and tremble for what will happen when those who are rendered superfluous - a group enlarging every day thanks to the economic policies of the corporatocracy - decide that enough is enough. As Grandmother used to say, "What goes around comes around...." Just look at this culture, Natasha – it’s a culture where advertising determines the human conversation – in such a culture the value of individual humans (unless they can be used political props or media diversions) is – well, nil.
Thanks for a thoughtful post, Natasha.

Is it any wonder, though, that in such a culture as ours that people die without so much as a murmur of protest from a media manipulated, politically anesthetized populace?

I weep for my country – and tremble for what will happen when those who are rendered superfluous – a group enlarging every day thanks to the economic policies of the corporatocracy – decide that enough is enough.

As Grandmother used to say, “What goes around comes around….”

]]> By: Russ Wellen http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/14/the-ultimate-death-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-12233 Russ Wellen Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:20:09 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/14/the-ultimate-death-tax/#comment-12233 <blockquote>We’ve been taxed 100,000</blockquote> I've never heard it put like that. What a heartfelt, eloquent, powerful post.

We’ve been taxed 100,000

I’ve never heard it put like that. What a heartfelt, eloquent, powerful post.

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