Are you content? Do you think it’s moral that 20 percent of the children in this country, the wealthiest country in the history of the world are living in poverty? Do you think it is acceptable that 40 percent of African-American children are living in poverty? In my view, there is no justice, and morality suffers, when in our wealthy country, millions of children go to bed hungry. That is not morality. I think when we talk about morality, what we are talking about is all of God’s children, the poor, the wretched, they have a right to go to a doctor when they are sick…I want you to go into your hearts. Millions of people in this country are working long hours for abysmally low wages. You have got to think about the morality of that, the justice of that.

...We are living in a nation which worships not love of brothers and sisters, not love of the poor and the sick, but worships the acquisition of money.

http://www.salon.com/2015/09/15/this_is ... y_matters/

Ant:
I needed a break from reading the fixation on Christianity here.

Taylor:
Your fixating on Harris

LanDroid:
I haven't read the speech, but sounds like he tried to challenge the students to find common ground. Contrast this with the Prosperity Gospel: God wants you to be rich!

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Are you content? Do you think it’s moral that 20 percent of the children in this country, the wealthiest country in the history of the world are living in poverty? Do you think it is acceptable that 40 percent of African-American children are living in poverty? In my view, there is no justice, and morality suffers, when in our wealthy country, millions of children go to bed hungry. That is not morality. I think when we talk about morality, what we are talking about is all of God’s children, the poor, the wretched, they have a right to go to a doctor when they are sick…I want you to go into your hearts. Millions of people in this country are working long hours for abysmally low wages. You have got to think about the morality of that, the justice of that.

...We are living in a nation which worships not love of brothers and sisters, not love of the poor and the sick, but worships the acquisition of money.

http://www.salon.com/2015/09/15/this_is ... y_matters/

Ant:
Woodrow Wilson sucked.
And Nev Chamberlain considered Hitler a guy who was misunderstood, until he ignited an world war.

DWill wrote: On a completely different political subject, I was surprised after watching last night's Republican debate that no one commenting mentioned Rand Paul as a "winner." I thought his responses were excellent and that he set himself apart from the rest, ideologically. What did you think, if you watched it?