I would only pay the kid so far as he forced me to pay, and even then I would find a way to pay as little as possible. But I wouldn't deny my neighbor's right to own and maintain a lawn at his own expense.
on 9/5/03 2:14 PM, alypius skinner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Because *we,* the citizens of America, are hiring and paying the US > government to act in *our* best interest, not in the best interest of > foreigners. They are supposed to work for *us,* not for the citizens of > other countries. Citizens of foreign states have their own governements, > who, I assure you, are not laboring for us. If you hired a boy to mow your > lawn, and he mowed the neighbor's lawn instead, yet still expected you to > pay him--what would you say? "Sure, here's your money, young man; after all, > I'm no more innately deserving of a fresh-cut lawn than my neighbor is!" > > ~Alypius
