The Ten "Cannots"

Try (for the moment or two it will take to read) to forget the author of the following is a man of the cloth.


THE TEN CANNOTS –
By Rev. William J. H. Boetcker


1 - You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.

2 - You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.

3 - You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

4 - You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

5 - You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.

6 - You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.

7 - You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.

8 - You cannot establish security on borrowed money.

9 - You cannot build character and courage by taking away men’s initiative and independence.

10 - You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should be doing for themselves.

Number 2 and 3

Yes you can if they are harming you.

Number 8

It's called the stock market. Sure you can....hell real estate, start-up business..........

Number 4

Depending on what "pulling down" is. Free reign by the wage payer is not the way to go either.

Number 1

Thank goodness Bush is almost outta here!

Sounds like the 'Holy Grail' of the British Conservative Party and New Labour. :lol:

I wonder who else could be added to this list?:whistling

No 5 - you cannot get milk from a cow you have killed but that doesn't mean you shouldn't milk the cow when it is alive :whistling

I believe Busyman is serious.



"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife"

Busyman: Depends on her...and if I wanna. :whistling

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Originally Posted by j2k4

I believe Busyman is serious.



"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife"

Busyman: Depends on her...and if I wanna. :whistling

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i don't get it :huh:

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Originally Posted by ilw

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Originally Posted by j2k4

I believe Busyman is serious.



"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife"

Busyman: Depends on her...and if I wanna. :whistling

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i don't get it :huh:

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I would seem that Busyman regards all guidelines as strictly conditional; things to be gotten around, should the inclination strike...as when one finds one's self in need of, say, a new microwave. :whistling

still not sure i fully understand but meh. I think some of those statements don't hold up to scrutiny at all. Plus it reeks of rich person protectionism (e.g. pt 7) or am i just being too cynical?

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still not sure i fully understand but meh. I think some of those statements don't hold up to scrutiny at all. Plus it reeks of rich person protectionism (e.g. pt 7) or am i just being too cynical?

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To the latter, yes. :whistling

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Originally Posted by idiot

Try (for the moment or two it will take to read) to forget the author of the following is a man of the cloth.

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If they had seriosly wanted us to..then that would have either have excluded this quote..or written it as a post scriptum....


but no..right at the top.... :)

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

William J.H. Boetcker


That is a statement of his that I totally agree with.:)

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Originally Posted by thewizeard

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Originally Posted by idiot

Try (for the moment or two it will take to read) to forget the author of the following is a man of the cloth.

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If they had seriosly wanted us to..then that would have either have excluded this quote..or written it as a post scriptum....


but no..right at the top.... :)

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'Twasn't "they" who asked you...'twas me. :whistling

ýes good point...I am stupid.. you made it imposible for me to forget it... sort of plagued me every line...

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Originally Posted by thewizeard

ýes good point...I am stupid.. you made it imposible for me to forget it... sort of plagued me every line...

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Oh, stop. :whistling