So some dude over at the Ayn Rand Institute is claiming that the US should not help tsunami victims. Now I’m all for bootstrapping, and not taking or giving unnecessary charity, because I agree, it does weaken a person’s character and ability to receive everything in their lives without having to work for it.
But Lord God Almighty, I sure hope that if, in the course of twenty minutes, my house, livelihood, children and posessions were entirely obliterated, someone would at least give me food to eat and clothes to wear and possibly a loan to rebuild my house until I could get on my feet.
I can usually appreciate the objectivist viewpoint, but to quote my buddy Becky, this guy is a bastard-coated bastard with bastard filling.
… don’t forget clean water to drink, too.
The bastard box was damn funny… you made me choke on a raisin during my lunch, damn you! 🙂