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pan6467 · 06-09-2005, 08:38 AM

This word has been politically thrown around alot and I am curious what it means to YOU. What your definition is and maybe compare to what your impression of the other side's meaning of it is. (BE NICE, WE ALL KNOW WE CAN BE)

I don't want Webster's or a dictionary meaning, but what you feel it means please use an example, but not to in depth, maybe just a sentence or 2, to get across the meaning if you must.

There can be other threads started because this may lead to off topic discusions.

I do this only so that in discussions when we use the word we have some idea what the other side means.

To me as I said in another thread it means that it is a right and guarantee to the people that is inherent to them for just being, such as Constitutional rights, such as I am entitled to my opinion.

While in my mind the right sees as anything people feel the government owes them

My example: I hear the right say SS is an entitlement, and yet to me, it isn't. People worked hard and paid into it and therefore it is deserved because of that.

Like I said this is not to argue semantics it is an honest attempt to understand differing viewpoints so that in discussions we can better understand where someone is coming from and what exactly they mean.

Misunderstanding is one of the biggest fight starters IMHO, and if we understand the value someone puts on something and how it differs from us, perhaps we can understand each viewpoint a little better.

06-09-2005, 08:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	What does the word "entitlement" mean to you? This word has been politically thrown around alot and I am curious what it means to YOU. What your definition is and maybe compare to what your impression of the other side's meaning of it is. (BE NICE, WE ALL KNOW WE CAN BE) I don't want Webster's or a dictionary meaning, but what you feel it means please use an example, but not to in depth, maybe just a sentence or 2, to get across the meaning if you must. There can be other threads started because this may lead to off topic discusions. I do this only so that in discussions when we use the word we have some idea what the other side means. To me as I said in another thread it means that it is a right and guarantee to the people that is inherent to them for just being, such as Constitutional rights, such as I am entitled to my opinion. While in my mind the right sees as anything people feel the government owes them My example: I hear the right say SS is an entitlement, and yet to me, it isn't. People worked hard and paid into it and therefore it is deserved because of that. Like I said this is not to argue semantics it is an honest attempt to understand differing viewpoints so that in discussions we can better understand where someone is coming from and what exactly they mean. Misunderstanding is one of the biggest fight starters IMHO, and if we understand the value someone puts on something and how it differs from us, perhaps we can understand each viewpoint a little better. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"