Chris Trotter, resident communist, went to ground after the election, issuing relatively benign opinion pieces to perhaps attempt to rebuild his credibility after a series of increasingly irrational attacks on National prior to the day NZ voted Helen Clark OUT. Now, he begins his comeback.
This week's article flogs Christianity for promoting envy as one of the seven sins. His angle is that envy is a virtue. It is good and proper to envy others their entitlements, because then you can take it away from them and make everything even.
Chris advances a conspiracy theory notion, based on serious inability to comprehend the evil of envy, as a mere tool for keeping the proletariat compliant.
Chris Trotter, with a straight face has just expounded the essence of communism. And it's all built on envy.
Chris is so confused, it's going to take me a while to explain why. Unfortunately, I have work to do, so this will have to wait. Here's a hint though - a sense of justice is what determines any outrage at discovering people have their snouts in the trough. The importance of righting wrongs. Do I envy the relatively modest salaries of our Ministers, and the concept of reimbursing them for fair expenses incurred as they go about their demanding jobs? Not at all.
One other thing for sure Chris. I don't envy you.
Related Link: DomPost, Friday edition
This week's article flogs Christianity for promoting envy as one of the seven sins. His angle is that envy is a virtue. It is good and proper to envy others their entitlements, because then you can take it away from them and make everything even.
Chris advances a conspiracy theory notion, based on serious inability to comprehend the evil of envy, as a mere tool for keeping the proletariat compliant.
Chris Trotter, with a straight face has just expounded the essence of communism. And it's all built on envy.
Chris is so confused, it's going to take me a while to explain why. Unfortunately, I have work to do, so this will have to wait. Here's a hint though - a sense of justice is what determines any outrage at discovering people have their snouts in the trough. The importance of righting wrongs. Do I envy the relatively modest salaries of our Ministers, and the concept of reimbursing them for fair expenses incurred as they go about their demanding jobs? Not at all.
One other thing for sure Chris. I don't envy you.
Related Link: DomPost, Friday edition