political leanings

Hmmm....Well in an ideal world where everyone is rational I`d be a rational anarchist.... http://www.ifi.uio.no/~thomas/po/rational-anarchism.htmlBut it isn`t so I`m not....In TRW of politics I`m probably more of a (admitedly eclectic) mix of old labour and one nation toryism (pre thatcher conservative)....Does that answer your question?

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[This message has been edited by joz, 03-22-2002]

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Originally posted by Punisher:
...evo's are liberal......

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Isn`t evolution (survival of the fittest etc) most like pure capitalism......

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Originally posted by Punisher:
lol, never thought of it that way...

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Seriously though what with these passages...Leviticus 19:10
And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
(Whole Chapter: Leviticus 19 In context: Leviticus 19:9-11)Exodus 23:11
But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
(Whole Chapter: Exodus 23 In context: Exodus 23:10-12)Exodus 22:25
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
(Whole Chapter: Exodus 22 In context: Exodus 22:24-26)Leviticus 25:35
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
(Whole Chapter: Leviticus 25 In context: Leviticus 25:34-36)Deuteronomy 15:7
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
(Whole Chapter: Deuteronomy 15 In context: Deuteronomy 15:6-8)Deuteronomy 15:9
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
(Whole Chapter: Deuteronomy 15 In context: Deuteronomy 15:8-10)Esther 9:22
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
(Whole Chapter: Esther 9 In context: Esther 9:21-23)Psalm 82:3
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
(Whole Chapter: Psalm 82 In context: Psalm 82:2-4)Proverbs 21:13
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
(Whole Chapter: Proverbs 21 In context: Proverbs 21:12-14)Proverbs 28:27
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
(Whole Chapter: Proverbs 28 In context: Proverbs 28:26-28)Matthew 19:21
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
(Whole Chapter: Matthew 19 In context: Matthew 19:20-22)Sorry I had to trawl through all of that before I found the one I was looking for...

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Mark 12:42
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
(Whole Chapter: Mark 12 In context: Mark 12:41-43)

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I would have thought that there was a strong case for christianity in its inception being an inherrantly left wing movement....