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Entry: The Silence of Father Neuhaus Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_silence_of_father_neuhaus#7834 Post contents: @Nergol You might want to consider how inimical to traditional values capitalims - at least the libertarian variety - is. Prudence and savings, for starters, one of the basis of traditional values goes against the need to sell to keep the economy going (notice that each time people spend less around Christams, all economic commentators predict bad things for the economy - a religious holiday, when our minds should be turned to things of the spirit turned into an economic engine). Traditional values says that certain kinds of behavior and entertainment are sinful, but the capitalistic logic is that people are free to buy or sell what they want, and as long as people buy pornography, othres should be able to sell it. No matter what it is, alcohol, drugs, sex, there is a line of thought that all that matters is that these things are sold in a free market, without goverment influence. By the way, has anyone examined the relationship between Fox News and Fox entertainment? Does anyone believe tht the majority of shows on Fox are morally uplifiting? That they conform with traditional values? Has anyone stopped to think that the conservative bent on Fox News is there as camouflage so that cultural conservatives do not blast the Fox entertainment because "they are allies"? Sent at: 2008 09 06