Monthly Topic: Guns vs. Butter‏

[sophia_sadek]

The topic of austerity and stimulus got me thinking back to my high school social studies lessons. One of the things we learned about was the economic trade-off between "guns and butter." During the second global conflict civilian consumption was drastically restricted with a strict rationing system. Citizens accepted this heavy-handed form of

Comments

[kylinrouge]

You should make an actual good Catholic-hating post, a good topic is the ban on abortion in many Catholic-dominated 3rd world countries.

[sophia_sadek]

Opposing the papal ban on birth control can hardly be called "Catholic-hating," except by people who mistake papal despotism for catholicism.

[kylinrouge]

Okay, make a Papal-hating post about it? Stop arguing semantics and do it! ;)

[sophia_sadek]

If you are that eager for such a post, you can write it yourself. I will happily contribute a comment.

[kylinrouge]

Too much effort and sophistry.

[existentme]

Yeah, yeah, you're afraid of the wrath of the pope.

[kylinrouge]

I hide in my ivory tower.