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Re: Vague abstract debate that puts people to sleep?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 14 Feb 2003 06:14:14 GMT
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
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> > Ok, point conceded. I've lost my train of thought on this bit though.
> > Unfortunately this debate which I feel is actually worthwhile to me is
> > getting burried by some other debate. It seems like everytime you raise
> > the "should land be property" issue, which would be new ground for
> > debate, some other debate starts up and burries this one under the
> > tiring Middle East or religion debates. This is what continually
> > frustrates me about .debate and makes me want to just wash my hands of
> > the whole thing.
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> > Frank
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> The whole "everything can be called property rights" seems so leaden to me.
> I won't argue it either way - it just seems like a game of semantics to me.
It may be just semantics, but I think it's hard to move forward in other
realms without having a solid foundation. I know I have changed the way
I do things, at least to some extent, as a result of exploring these
semantic games more.
> The Middle East can be a tiring subject, especially considering the rather
> strident way of expression that some choose, but it is a national debate at
> the moment, one that may have far reaching and lethal implications. This
> thread would go over bigger, no doubt, if there were more Libertarians
> present. :-)
I agree that the Middle East subject is more current, but I'm really not
sure this forum is a good way to affect change. Of course there's value
to blowing off steam, but I'm more interested in debating longer term
things that might have more of a chance of changing something in the
future.
Frank
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