“Guess what? The Nazis didn't lose the war after all. The last thought of more than one of them was, "I never dreamed that solving humanity's problems would take so long-or that the ship would sink so SUDDENLY.” We can't let this be subordinated to lowering the lifeboats."įinally the ship sank, and because none of the lifeboats had been lowered, everyone drowned. The animal-rights activists said, "First we must end the use of animals in medical experiments. Once that's done everyone will work equally hard at lowering the lifeboats." The socialists said, "First we must redistribute the wealth. The right-to-choose contingent said, "First acknowledge our right to abortion, then we'll help with the lifeboats." Fetuses have just as much right to be in those lifeboats as anyone else." Then the pro-life contingent said, "First we must outlaw abortion. We've got to lower the lifeboats right away!"īut the religionists said, "First we need to bring prayer back into the classroom. The captain said, "These are all important issues, but they won't matter a damn if we don't survive. Then seating in the lifeboats will be allotted fairly." The racial minorities said, "First we need to end racial discrimination. Then the women said, "First we want equal pay for equal work. The captain told the passengers and crew, "We've got to get the lifeboats in the water right away."īut the crew said, "First we have to end capitalist oppression of the working class.
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