One poor analogy

Sat., Jan. 7, 2012

I’ve spent way too much time trying to make sense of Ryan Messmore’s fractured analogy (Dec. 25) analyzing the moral ills of entitlements, and how the world would be a better place if we expressed our gratitude for such as if we had received a gift.

I’m sure the slaves in the Confederate South and the serfs in czarist Russia expressed exactly those sentiments, as their very lives depended on the largesse of their masters. As for me, I’ll be eternally grateful (or at least as long as I live) if anyone wants to make themselves feel better by supplanting my pension with a “gift” of equal or more value. I’m waiting.

Ted Wert

Sagle, Idaho

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