I agree the that to impose ANYTHING upon others IS THE PROBLEM, but alsoseedload wrote:Compassion, generosity and service are not in the job description. They are liberal constructs of government.imaginatium wrote:There is a whole world of Jimmy Carter compassion generosity and service, that would be opened to you if you choose to explore it.
The idea that compassion trumps liberty is the problem!
The idea that generosity trumps liberty is the problem!
The idea that service trumps liberty is the problem!
The idea that one can take his internal compassion, generosity and dedication to service and impose that upon others IS THE PROBLEM!
Anyway, back on topic. Many people are very nice and very inept at the same time. Not sure that saying Carter is nice says much of anything.
The idea that liberty can exist without compassion is the problem!
The idea that liberty can exist without generosity is the problem!
The idea that liberty can exist without service is the problem!
And in any country where true liberty exists, compassion, generosity and service ARE in the job description. the point I was making in my original post is that is that character is more important than policy , and being a great human being is far better than being a great politician. To malign someones character because you don't like his policies, shows true moral bankruptcy.
When it comes to policy, none of us see's the big picture well enough to really know what the real outcome is in the long term. Intelligent and well meaning liberals and conservatives draw different conclusions from the same data, the truly wise among them, admit that they are fallible. Jimmy Carter possesses such wisdom. Anyone who is arrogant enough to believe that they know better than everyone who disagrees with them, is delusional. Many people who post in forums and write blogs posses that kind of delusion.