Why i get so pissed...(email recap)

[meridethfate]

Two Different Versions! Two Different Morals

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[forsythferret]

I think a more realistic version would involve the grasshopper starting a company dedicated to doing nothing, like say giving subprime mortgages or similar, and then convincing the ant that he can make all these amazing buys if he mortgages his house, then when the cold comes, the grasshopper jacks up the interest rate and drives the ant from his home, while meanwhile the grasshopper complains to government, who throws the ant in jail and garnishes his wages for the rest of his life to pay back the debt he owes the grasshopper. And then the government throws money at the poor grasshopper because after all, his mortgage business is part of the lifeblood of the economy, we can't let it fail! He uses the money to buy up a string of foreclosed houses and buildings and rent them out at exorbitant prices to the ants who couldn't afford to live in them any more. So next summer rolls around, and the ants scrimp and save but have to give everything to the grasshopper to keep their houses, while the grasshopper hangs out on tropical

[meridethfate]

Which only states that it doesnt matter which end of the spectrum you are on...if your extreming it, your a giant asshopper?

[meridethfate]

You're, even. Damn cold drugs.

[forsythferret]

Well, my point was more about likelyhood and the fact that a rich jerk exploiting people isn't newsworthy, and somebody pooor being poor isn't really newsworthy either.

Anyways, in the original forward, why didn't the ant just sue back, since if the whole point was supposed to be about how there's all these evil liberals out to make things soft for poor people, then he'd be poor now and their sympathies would lie with him. :)