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Bob Murray, Who Fought Regulations as a Coal Operator, Files for Lung Benefits

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Re: Bob Murray, Who Fought Regulations as a Coal Operator, Files for Lung Benefits

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He may not justly deserve the benefits. But do you want to act on the same level as him? Or do you want to be better ?

Better is for saints and prophets. I’m human, so I’ll settle for getting even and creating a strong deterrent to dissuade others like him.

You call him scum. And you'll settle for getting even, rather than being better. Sure you don't want to re-think that?

Re: Bob Murray, Who Fought Regulations as a Coal Operator, Files for Lung Benefits

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post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Better is for saints and prophets. I’m human, so I’ll settle for getting even and creating a strong deterrent to dissuade others like him.

You call him scum. And you'll settle for getting even, rather than being better. Sure you don't want to re-think that?

Oh please, save your sanctimony. We have laws for good reason. If I really wanted to get even, he’d be dead (capital punishment). He deserves it. He fought hard against the well-being of his employees just save some money and boost his own compensation.

Now I’m against capital punishment, so I don’t want him dead, nor do I want treatment withheld for the disease he’s suffering, even if he did the same for many others. But I’ll be damned if I see him get a penny of that money before he spends his own first. That’s justice enough, and I think that’s downright generous, far more generous than he deserves. And that, my friend, is what makes me the better man.

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