[TheRealThing]

Welcome to the spin zone, courtesy of resident pompous Pontius, TRT. Did Paul use a "non holy" thing to make a spiritual point, as springboard for spiritual discourse? Yes, he did. As a child, watching "The Wizard of Oz," did you clap your hands and wet yourself and yell, "Look, Mommy, look, the Scarecrow, a man made of straw."?

Leave it to you, TRT, to suggest some folks making minimum wage might protest because they are not king. What rot. You keep engaging some imagined bogey man that is not here appearing. I would remind you that Dr. King was in Memphis on behalf of sanitation workers, and it is certainly within the Christian's sphere to care enough about dishonest scales to speak up.

You got close to accuracy in those first five words. Though there should be a period after the word zone. Actually welcome to La-La Land would have been more apt an opening. Paul merely introduced the Athenians to The Unknown (to them) God. And no, he did not use a non holy thing to make a spiritual point. He introduced them to the One they did not know. What you're saying implies a certain dishonesty and God would have no part of it.

Allow me to expose the factual straw man in all this. The vast majority of the people you argue for here DON'T WORK. They're unemployed by choice because we who do work, are forced to subsidize their livelihoods and therefore your wage argument is a lie. People who will work and do a good job in this day and time are immediately tagged for advancement. Why? Because they are the extreme rarity and they are normally a highly prized asset.

But of all those who do venture into the job market, the only reason most people in the minimum wage arena work at all is to get enough money to go party with. They are the live for today generation. No employer worth his salt will allow himself to be forced to employ unproductive yo-yo's to stand around and duck their duties for 15 dollars an hour. Any employer will tell you that, ask Seger about it.