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Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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Fri, 12 Oct 2001 19:37:44 GMT
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> > Generally, don't you think that some sensible level of safety is one of the
> > very basic human rights?
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> No. Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Safety is too broadly
> defined to be a right.
But doesn't it take some sensible level of safety (as opposed to absolute
safety) to ensure the value of the "life" part of your rights definition?
> > And if so, don't you think that only the rich will
> > get it through free market mechanisms?
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> and again no. You fall into the classic "only the rich will have X" fallacy.
Don't get me wrong: As long as X is NOT a basic human right, I am OK with X
being only available to the rich. I am just not sure how the "life" right
can be lived without security ...
> Is it not fair that those who work harder or are cleverer have more than
> those that don't?
I would without hesitation agree to the "work harder" part of your question.
I am not 100% sure about the "are cleverer" part of it, because that's
something people cannot really influence.
But let's assume I agree to both. Is it true then, that Bill Gates works
10000 times harder than I do? Is he 10000 times smarter than me? Am I 10000
times smarter than the average inhabitant of Africa, or do I work that much
harder than they do?
:wq
Horst
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| (...) Paid for by whom? Government sets up systems but should not be providing goods. What is the value of a life, by the way? Don't answer infinite, that's the wrong answer and will give you silly results. The proper functions of goverment in a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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