Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Christ in Simplicity.

Sully on the healthcare act:
...when I consult my conscience, I find denying people healthcare different than denying them a job or a mortgage or a car or an iPhone, or any other material goods. Without your health, you can enjoy none of this. I remember my instant, sustained reaction when my friends became sick and died for so many grueling years. It was inconceivable for me then that these people should be left to suffer and die in a country as wealthy as we are. If that's true of my friends, it must also be true of those I have never known, whose bodies are no different than mine, whose pain is no less acute, whose lives are no less sacred. You can call this the Golden Rule if you want. Or Christian principles.
Of course, it's the "Jesus loves us because we're winners!" crowd that leads the league in telling sick people to go fuck themselves if they're not fortunate enough to have insurance; these are always the most vociferous in their "Christian" beliefs, all while eschewing the most basic, simplest rule of all. Of course.

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