Comments on: A letter from Galt’s Gulch https://habitablezone.com/2012/09/13/a-letter-from-galts-gulch/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2012/09/13/a-letter-from-galts-gulch/#comment-18347 RobVG Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:36:31 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=21869#comment-18347 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy <blockquote> Envy is best defined as a resentful emotion that occurs when a person lacks another's (perceived) superior quality, achievement or possession and wishes that the other lacked it. </blockquote> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy

Envy is best defined as a resentful emotion that occurs when a person lacks another’s (perceived) superior quality, achievement or possession and wishes that the other lacked it.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/09/13/a-letter-from-galts-gulch/#comment-18336 bowser Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:42:01 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=21869#comment-18336 As a professing Christian, please explain how Greed is good. As a professing Christian, please explain how Greed is good.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/09/13/a-letter-from-galts-gulch/#comment-18303 TB Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:18:04 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=21869#comment-18303 <p>You know what? Forget it. Trashed my response.</p> "You know, it's not that bad" should have finished it for me. You know what? Forget it. Trashed my response.

“You know, it’s not that bad” should have finished it for me.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/09/13/a-letter-from-galts-gulch/#comment-18302 bowser Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:03:23 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=21869#comment-18302 His coming answer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B718RsboGEI His coming answer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B718RsboGEI

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/09/13/a-letter-from-galts-gulch/#comment-18300 bowser Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:56:11 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=21869#comment-18300 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins Greed (Latin, avaritia), also known as avarice or covetousness, is, like lust and gluttony, a sin of excess. However, greed (as seen by the church) is applied to a very excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of material possessions. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that greed was "a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things." In Dante's Purgatory, the penitents were bound and laid face down on the ground for having concentrated too much on earthly thoughts. "Avarice" is more of a blanket term that can describe many other examples of greedy behavior. These include disloyalty, deliberate betrayal, or treason,[citation needed] especially for personal gain, for example through bribery. Scavenging[citation needed] and hoarding of materials or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means of violence, trickery, or manipulation of authority are all actions that may be inspired by greed. Such misdeeds can include simony, where one attempts to purchase or sell sacraments, including Holy Orders and, therefore, positions of authority in the Church hierarchy. As defined outside of Christian writings, greed is an inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs, especially with respect to material wealth.[16] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins
Greed (Latin, avaritia), also known as avarice or covetousness, is, like lust and gluttony, a sin of excess. However, greed (as seen by the church) is applied to a very excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of material possessions. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that greed was “a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things.” In Dante’s Purgatory, the penitents were bound and laid face down on the ground for having concentrated too much on earthly thoughts. “Avarice” is more of a blanket term that can describe many other examples of greedy behavior. These include disloyalty, deliberate betrayal, or treason,[citation needed] especially for personal gain, for example through bribery. Scavenging[citation needed] and hoarding of materials or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means of violence, trickery, or manipulation of authority are all actions that may be inspired by greed. Such misdeeds can include simony, where one attempts to purchase or sell sacraments, including Holy Orders and, therefore, positions of authority in the Church hierarchy.

As defined outside of Christian writings, greed is an inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs, especially with respect to material wealth.[16]

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/09/13/a-letter-from-galts-gulch/#comment-18299 bowser Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:52:38 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=21869#comment-18299 But they make more sense than pure Greed. That's a helluva way to run a country. But they make more sense than pure Greed. That’s a helluva way to run a country.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2012/09/13/a-letter-from-galts-gulch/#comment-18295 RobVG Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:27:27 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=21869#comment-18295 Bowser's entitled to his own economic visions. Without getting into the nut's and bolts, his ideas are well intentioned even though implementing them would be chaos. Bowser’s entitled to his own economic visions.

Without getting into the nut’s and bolts, his ideas are well intentioned even though implementing them would be chaos.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/09/13/a-letter-from-galts-gulch/#comment-18293 TB Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:15:50 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=21869#comment-18293 You were serious. Glad to have that clear. You were serious. Glad to have that clear.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/09/13/a-letter-from-galts-gulch/#comment-18289 bowser Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:16:25 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=21869#comment-18289 Remember that. It's one of the seven deadly sins. There is not a drop of satire in that. And as one who worships Mammon, you would not understand that. Remember that. It’s one of the seven deadly sins. There is not a drop of satire in that.

And as one who worships Mammon, you would not understand that.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/09/13/a-letter-from-galts-gulch/#comment-18280 TB Fri, 14 Sep 2012 03:51:47 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=21869#comment-18280 <p>I don't think most of what Bowser proposes would be "negotiable" to a sane person.</p> I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt by assuming that comment was satire. I don’t think most of what Bowser proposes would be “negotiable” to a sane person.

I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt by assuming that comment was satire.

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