Do you consider yourself an optimist? Are you someone who believes people are "basically good"? I, myself, do not subscribe to the belief that all people are basically good. Why? Well, I've worked with young children for the past 20 years and if there is one thing I've come away with it's that humans are basically NOT good. Goodness needs to be taught, and carefully modeled. It is my observation that humans are basically greedy, mean, and sneaky. Which is why we need laws (religion being one of the series of laws that govern humans) to control our behavior.
I was watching an episode of Bill Maher's, Real Time this past week, and was interested in Andrew Sullivan's statements about how U.S. citizens should "self-govern". I really do believe people who are for less government, and self-government haven't spent enough time around groups of young children and rich, spoiled adults.
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- My take is my own but it is not unique. I think I share the same views as most folks who think "conservative" is a dirty word.
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