Comments on: A Guiding Principle to the Debate on Healthcare: The Principle of Subsidiarity http://catholicexchange.com/2009/08/22/121321/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Donald Hudzinski http://catholicexchange.com/2009/08/22/121321/comment-page-1/#comment-41993 Donald Hudzinski Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:41:24 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/2009/08/22/121321/#comment-41993 Fox News special from Wisconsin could give some light to this debate. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,541625,00.html Fox News special from Wisconsin could give some light to this debate.

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]]> By: Warren Jewell http://catholicexchange.com/2009/08/22/121321/comment-page-1/#comment-41982 Warren Jewell Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:13:32 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/2009/08/22/121321/#comment-41982 There is much kindness in Pope Benedict calling the impending American national way of things "paternalist social assistance" when it more and more appears to be attempts at "socialistic national, cultural, etc., down to familial control". He who would be paternal must be part of the family, and supposes his place as and like a father. He also understands and abides by his limitations. Our leaders aren't demonstrating much understanding of any of that 'paternal' stuff, though they may think they are. And, since they seem to grasp the idea of 'shoving it down our throats' as a first resort, would not accepting the principles of subsidiarity nearly require like treatment - i.e., shoving it down THEIR throats? Even the protests to government grasp for dominance seem geared toward "Leave ME alone" more than "Leave US alone". Just how many throats are going to be required to open to take the reasonable and rational medicine that is subsidiarity, or have it shoved down? Maybe I'm getting crabby with age and infirmity, but it seems to me that the hindquarters of America, its secular democratic republican form, is trying more and more to lead the head and heart of us around, and even to our very souls. And, Mr. Gernazian, we seem to have less and less remembering that they have a free soul, let alone a freedom-loving head and heart, around us. They are, rather, 'entitled' (read: 'eating another's provisions out of the trough'), and in such a way as to throw their democratic means aside to have all the wrong representation . . . . . . . . . . . . I'm getting too old for this stuff. There is much kindness in Pope Benedict calling the impending American national way of things “paternalist social assistance” when it more and more appears to be attempts at “socialistic national, cultural, etc., down to familial control”. He who would be paternal must be part of the family, and supposes his place as and like a father. He also understands and abides by his limitations. Our leaders aren’t demonstrating much understanding of any of that ‘paternal’ stuff, though they may think they are.

And, since they seem to grasp the idea of ‘shoving it down our throats’ as a first resort, would not accepting the principles of subsidiarity nearly require like treatment – i.e., shoving it down THEIR throats? Even the protests to government grasp for dominance seem geared toward “Leave ME alone” more than “Leave US alone”. Just how many throats are going to be required to open to take the reasonable and rational medicine that is subsidiarity, or have it shoved down?

Maybe I’m getting crabby with age and infirmity, but it seems to me that the hindquarters of America, its secular democratic republican form, is trying more and more to lead the head and heart of us around, and even to our very souls. And, Mr. Gernazian, we seem to have less and less remembering that they have a free soul, let alone a freedom-loving head and heart, around us. They are, rather, ‘entitled’ (read: ‘eating another’s provisions out of the trough’), and in such a way as to throw their democratic means aside to have all the wrong representation . . . . . .

. . . . . . I’m getting too old for this stuff.

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