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The usual massive and capricious snippage. (...) I'm not sure I'd agree that the degree of change (since the enlightenment, or more specifically, in the last 20 years) is that small. Certainly it's not as large as I'd wish it but it's a lot more (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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(...) Just for the record, I think it's worth noting that John and I arrived at our conclusions from widely divergent convictions; John's faith is apparently stronger than mine, but thoughtful rhetorical consideration, paired with a fair perception (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Both of you have made my point very clearly - namely this, you cannot fix a problem until you are able to both realize and accept it's root. We cannot address any of societies problems until we accept the fact that it is bent on selfishness - (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | The day after disaster
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(...) Evidently there's a good number of people east of us that don't mind being lied to either. It may "come with the territory" as things are now, but that doesn't mean that's how it should be or would be. That's the whole point - "it's time for a (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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(...) This has been my contention for some time, and I'm gratified to hear it restated so eloquently. My problem has never been with the conclusions in Libertopia's arguments, but rather in the assumptions necessary for the system to work. In fact, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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