Opus 2024-381: Half a Loaf Philosophy

I think there’s a page from the liberal play book with conservatives should adopt and that is the philosophy of half a loaf is better than none.  Sounds simple but these are liberals.  They push that on and repeat it after they win.

So the liberals meet you halfway.  You have an agreement.  That is well and good.  And then they look at the half loaf that you have and start saying the same thing, “Half of what you have should be mine.”  And they start working on that philosophy.

This never stops and, half at a time, they gradually get down to where they have the entire loaf except for a few crumbs that were in the bottom of the bag.  We as conservatives and people of ethics, standards, and believing in the rule of law need to adopt that philosophy.

One place where this is clear is the area of abortion.  I believe that abortion is murder.  Murder is when you take the life of an innocent person for your own personal convenience.  That is the vast, vast majority of cases in abortion.  That having been said I am willing to be satisfied with half a loaf, today.

Tomorrow I’m quite willing to pass the ball down the field and try for another half loaf.  If we would adopt this philosophy in pursuit persistently we would end up winning that debate.

It might also encourage God to forgive us for some of our other evils.  I keep wondering how God would have dealt with Sodom if the 10 righteous had not been out of town on vacation.

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