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- From: tz10956@meibm12.cen.uiuc.edu (Thomas Zych)
- Subject: Re: Here Are The Undeniable Truths of Life
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:02:16 GMT
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- sjthomas@cup.portal.com (Stephen J Thomas) writes:
-
- >
- >Rush Limbaugh's 35 Truths
- >
- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- > 1. The greatest threat to humanity lies in the nuclear arsenal of
- > the Soviet Union.
-
- The second greatest threat to humanity lies in the nuclear arsenal of the
- United States.
-
- >
- > 3. Peace does not mean the removal of nuclear weapons.
-
- This is backwards. It should be "The removal of nuclear weapons does not
- create peace."
-
- >
- > 4. Peace does not mean the absence of war.
-
- Unfortunately, true.
-
- >
- > 5. War is not obsolete.
-
- But neither should it be a matter of first resort.
-
- >
- > 6. Ours is a world governed by the agressive use of force.
-
- Unfortunately, true.
-
- >
- > 7. There is only one way to eliminate nuclear weapons...use them.
-
- Unfortunately, probably also true.
-
- >
- > 8. Peace cannot be achieved by developing an understanding of or
- > with the Russian people.
-
- Myopic and xenophobic.
-
- >
- > 9. Americans opposing America is not always courageous. Sometimes
- > it is dangerous.
-
- But it must always be allowed. Besides, what is "dangerous"? When we
- disagree with RL?
-
- >
- >10. Communism kills.
-
- So does Capitalism, Socialism, and just about any other -ism you care to name.
-
- >
- >11. Neither the United States, nor anyone else imposes freedom on
- > the people of other nations. Freedom is not an imposition.
-
- But we will impose and/or support a friendly (to us) government, even if it
- denies basic freedoms to its own people.
-
- >
- >12. Freedom is God-given. It is the natural state to which humans
- > yearn.
-
- OK.
-
- >
- >13. To the Soviet Union, peace means the absense of opposition.
-
- The same could be said of Rush.
-
- >
- >14. To free people, peace means the absense of threat and the
- > presence of justice.
-
- And none of them sick homos or anyone else who's different from us.
-
- >
- >15. The peace movement in the United States, whether by accident
- > or by design, is pro-Communist.
-
- Huh?
-
- >
- >16. The collective knowledge and wisdom of senior citizens is the
- > most valuable, yet untapped, resource our young people have.
-
- I agree.
-
- >
- >17. The greatest football team in the history of civilization: the
- > Pittsburgh Steelers of 1975 to 1980.
- >
- >18. There is no such thing as war atrocities. War IS an atrocity.
-
- Terribly true...
-
- >
- >19. Regardless of the pain, nostalgia only takes us to those
- > pleasant memories in our past.
- >
- >20. There IS a god.
-
- Whether there is a supreme being or not, and what form(s) that being takes, is
- purely a matter of personal belief. Although since he _could_ have said "There
- IS a God, and it's the Judeo-Christian God", I suppose I should be happy that
- Rush at least accepts that Islam, Hinduism, and any other god-based religion is
- an acceptable belief system.
-
- >
- >21. Abortion is wrong.
-
- But forcing women who cannot or do not wish to support children to have them,
- in effect enslaving them, is perfectly alright.
-
- >
- >22. Morality is not defined by individual choice.
-
- True. It is defined by society, and a changing society can change what it
- considers moral or immoral. And each individual must determine for themselves
- whether they wish to live within society's definition of morality or whether to
- create and live within their own morality. In effect, our morality is not
- pure right or wrong, it's our (society's) current opinions as to what is right
- or wrong.
-
- >
- >23. Evolution cannot explain creation.
-
- And creation cannot explain evolution.
-
- >
- >24. Feminism was established so that unattractive women could have
- > access to the mainstream of society.
-
- Misogynist.
-
- >
- >25. Love is the only emotion that cannot be controlled.
-
- How about hate? If hate could be controlled, there'd be no need for war.
-
- >
- >26. The only difference between Mikhail Gorbachev and previous
- > Soviet leaders is that he is alive.
-
- Mikhail Gorbachev introduced reforms which _limited_ his own power, eventually
- to the point where he lost _all_ of his power. Name another Soviet leader who
- willingly gave away power.
-
- >
- >27. Soviet leaders are actually left wing dictators.
- >
- >28. Despite what they are teaching at the University of Missouri,
- > Abraham Lincoln saved this nation.
- >
- >29. The wherever-they-happen-to-be Raiders will never be the team
- > they were as when they called Oakland home.
- >
- >30. The United States will again go to war.
-
- Certainly.
-
- >
- >31. To more and more people, a victorious United States is a
- > sinful United States.
-
- Perhaps it's because of the reasons we go to war?
-
- >
- >32. This is frightening and ominous.
-
- Why? Because Americans dare to stand up and say that their gov't is wrong?
-
- >
- >33. There will always be poor people.
-
- Unfortunately, true.
-
- >
- >34. This is not the fault of Malcolm Forbes, Ronald Reagan, Rush
- > Limbaugh, or any other rich person.
-
- Although they certainly haven't tried to do anything to ease the situation,
- either.
-
- >
- >35. You should thank God for making you an American.
-
- As long as you're a white heterosexual male from a well-to-do family.
-
-
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- | Tom Zych tjz20735@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu | The University of Illinois |
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