The Desk.

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My situation does not define who I am. I define who I am. Social rank does not denote the rank of one's character. I'll not bore you with my once humorous anecdotes; I'll just tell you his name was Bill. Personally, I hate people. Don't ask me who and don't ask me why. I just hate people, every last one of them. But that doesn't change the fact that everyone in this country has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. May I remind you all that it says pursuit - don't confuse that with thinking the government ought to give poor people money because that aint right. I don't support welfare and I don't support Affirmative Action. Just like I said earlier in the 'queer' post, I believe in equal rights for all. That means that everyone can try, but the man of character, the man of good humor, and the man of skill will take their rightful place at the top of the social food chain. This will occur naturally if it is not interfered with. What I mean by that is that people who are good at what they do will naturally gravitate towards prosperity, and the people who are jerks won't get anywhere. Call it karma, call it social darwinism, either way it all works out in the end. But sometimes a man's situation cannot be helped by his own means. He is born into economic depravity, without the opportunity to move up. Government institutions should not interfere with this, either by welfare or by eugenics. Neither of those provides a suitable resolution; welfare merely amplifies the problem by promoting dependency, and eugenics is unconstitutional. It is best that man be left to his own devices, and, in the grand scheme, he will be put in his place, even if the dumb bastard is better off dead.