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(...) Ok, I admit I haven't read Friedman since grad school. But I remember thinking then that he ignores the vast motive to cheat the system. And the huge benefits to one who cheats well. (Hitler is a case in point) However, to say that there is an (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The god debate again... sigh (Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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(...) It's ok if you don't know of any. Consider this... The funny thing about Biblical Prophecies is that they tend to be centered around *major* events. As such, there haven't been any really *major* Biblical / Spiritual events in the past (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Do market based societies select for virtue? (was Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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Scott's going to regret turning me on to Friedman! (...) Agreed. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I just can't buy this "people are basically bad, and societies that depend on honesty are doomed to fail" argument that comes from so many (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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With all due apologies to the good Doctor Seuss (who, I believe, was a socialist, but I digress) Also, let it be noted that I'm probably actually more in favor of finishing the recounts than suppressing them. But then I don't care if we get Gush or (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm not sure I agree. Please conduct the following (thought?) experiment, then... post a SBA/OBO (for the same thing) to both groups, and in buy-sell-trade, label it SBA, fully delineating the definition Todd posted so there can be no doubt (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I always liked "Bat Blinds", but I don't think it runs on post-Win3x systems. Too bad--it was a lot of fun. Steve (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) They are two names for the same concept, i.e. "thing". Therefore, they *are* the same thing. If one person calls you Lar and another Mr. P, that doesn't make Lar and Mr. P different people. Also, the groups do not form a partition. SBA/OBO is (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Current evolutionary theory identifies benefits in altruism, both among members of the same species and even accross species lines. Such altruism isn't necessarily conscious or deliberate, but it's altruism all the same. The idea is that, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The god debate again... sigh (Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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(...) I came up with a similiar kind of conclusion (well, question) when I was going to parochial school in second grade. Was it good because God says so, or is there something inherently good independent of God? (...) And this is the same question (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) composed in the heat of the moment, and my frustration got the better of me. Of course, if I were truly uncivil, I would have actually *used* swear words and directed them *at* the people, rather than as some sort of lazy adjective. Actually, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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