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Rich people more likely to cheat - Republicans?

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Re: Rich people more likely to cheat - Republicans?

Unread postby SeaGypsy » Sat 28 Apr 2012, 23:16:58

The feeling is mutual and my apologies to you also. I was palliative carer to my dad after his mid life crisis wife left, taking my half brother and sister with her to live with her b/f who was my age. When his billionaire brother told him to go die if he wouldn't come to his version of Jesus, that really put me off this part of the family. My mother has issues from being handed to a nunnery at 7 years old and staying there until 17, then her mother committing suicide when she was 23 with 2 young children, then her philandering husband (my father). Thus, despite her often hard hearted approach to family and life, I have some sympathy and understanding.

As for the OP, it is derogatory to Republicans and likely wrong in it's assumption.
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Re: Rich people more likely to cheat - Republicans?

Unread postby rangerone314 » Sun 29 Apr 2012, 03:16:46

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Outcast_Searcher', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', 'D')o you usually pay travel insurance beyond the length of your trip? Floods happen as does sh#t. Besides you are a good example of a grumpy self absorbed right winger, so crit me all you like, it's not going to make you happier.

Well, so nice to see you think you know all about me when you don't know squat.

I happen to give far more to a combination of deserving charaties (local ones run by friends with all volunteer organizations, so I know the money isn't wasted), to poor friends who really need help, and to helping provide unemployed folks I know meaningful work at very decent wages -- than I spend on myself, as I don't want or need fancy stuff.

Also, I tend to be right wing about property rights, but pretty moderate to left about most social issues -- especially compared to the GOP platform, and Mr. Obama when it comes to defense issues.

So go ahead and bark at me all you want for calling you out for irresponsibility and whining about the consequences if it makes you feel better.

It still doesn't mean you or Rangerone have clue 1 what you're talking about -- but that doesn't seem to stop the folks of your ilk from spouting completely unsubstantiated nonsense about people you decide you don't like -- so go for it.

Just don't expect it to earn you any respect among the folks who carry the country around on their back and then are constantly criticized for it. :roll:

Not sure if I need any folks to "carry this country around on their backs". If a virus came and killed off every other human on the planet other than me; I'd fare pretty well until it came time to die, and even then it would probably be a less lingering death than in a hospital with a tube down my throat. Imagine a life with no people around, rich or poor, would be a paradise.
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Re: Rich people more likely to cheat - Republicans?

Unread postby vision-master » Tue 01 May 2012, 09:48:34

Highly Religious People Are Less Motivated by Compassion Than Are Non-Believers

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '&')quot;Love thy neighbor" is preached from many a pulpit. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that the highly religious are less motivated by compassion when helping a stranger than are atheists, agnostics and less religious people....

"Overall, we find that for less religious people, the strength of their emotional connection to another person is critical to whether they will help that person or not," said UC Berkeley social psychologist Robb Willer, a co-author of the study. "The more religious, on the other hand, may ground their generosity less in emotion, and more in other factors such as doctrine, a communal identity, or reputational concerns."

Compassion is defined in the study as an emotion felt when people see the suffering of others which then motivates them to help, often at a personal risk or cost.

While the study examined the link between religion, compassion and generosity, it did not directly examine the reasons for why highly religious people are less compelled by compassion to help others. However, researchers hypothesize that deeply religious people may be more strongly guided by a sense of moral obligation than their more non-religious counterparts.


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 140035.htm

Guess this pretty much sums up rich Republicans...... :|
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Re: Rich people more likely to cheat - Republicans?

Unread postby shakety » Wed 02 May 2012, 03:46:11

Being able to cheat depends on how one was being brought up by his elders...




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