tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post1310993352637931730..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Your Standards Are Not Your OwnFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-73373436588456809152018-11-29T07:35:13.261-05:002018-11-29T07:35:13.261-05:00I like to donate anonymously. Dystopic it would no...I like to donate anonymously. Dystopic it would not be quite 650 million as some of those voters are still in the cemetery.Bear Claw Chris Lapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190524236686025884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-6835930806206111372018-11-28T15:10:31.017-05:002018-11-28T15:10:31.017-05:00If liberty isn't the demanded environment, the...If liberty isn't the demanded environment, there is no charity. Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969361446367636746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-29650943064759313732018-11-28T13:53:20.926-05:002018-11-28T13:53:20.926-05:00Charity IS a duty - to me, anyway. But it is a du...Charity IS a duty - to me, anyway. But it is a duty that I must do within the context that *I* do it, and do *NOT* compel others to do it for me. To force someone, through government coercion, to take from their own resources to give to causes / actions from which you benefit (whether materially, i.e., people who vote for a living) or emotionally (hey, look how generous we are with other peoples' money!) is wrong-wrong-wrong.<br /><br />Every Shabbat evening (Friday for you non-Jews) I give my kids a coin each to put into our charity box. When it's full - and we've gone through a number of cycles - THEY get to choose where it goes. And I tell them that even if it's only a penny, put something in. But I also tell them that you must give charity without injury to yourself...NITZAKHONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110716447757507226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-12604677795936950972018-11-28T13:16:36.544-05:002018-11-28T13:16:36.544-05:00Amen.Amen.Linda Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024201252345608291noreply@blogger.com