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Old 08-14-2006, 10:49 AM
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Default Re: The Changing Nature of Societal Ethics

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Originally Posted by Otter
Because they are thinking of short term gratification, and not calculating the long term cost.
Exactly.

Have/are we becoming a society of people(s) whose ethics have become more focussed on instant gratification ?

It seems SO.

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Originally Posted by Otter
(although sometimes, as in the case of very low-interest student loans, it actually makes financial sense to make the minimum payments, and invest the balance in higher interest-type savings)
Not to mention the tax breaks you can get from repaying student loans. STILL, it's worth having them paid OFF. Another bill you don't have then :-)
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[I]They exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator. . . . Therefore, God gave them up to passions of dishonor; for their females exchanged the natural use for that which is contrary to nature.[/I] - Romans 1:25-26

Use liberals artistic manipulation of logic and language against them.