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Subject: 
Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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Date: 
Wed, 13 Oct 1999 17:33:15 GMT
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lpieniazek@novera#avoidspam#.com
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A few nits. Clarifications, really.

Christopher Weeks wrote:

(After all, if your moral standards say
that it's OK to engage in any transaction if your client agrees to it
and you  make a profit

My making a profit isn't part of it being right...just as long as we
both/all agree to it it's right.

And as long as it doesn't violate the rights of others. (remember, free
goods are not a right, nor is it a right that you must accept custom
from anyone)

<what about selling drugs>

Wrong?  I'd call it unsavory, but I wouldn't legislate against it.
Unless you mean they're addicting their customers by force.

or fraud. But of course I hold fraud to be a kind of force.

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(...) Well, I sort of meant that if everyone affected by the deal agrees to it, then nothing else matters. I assume you agree that you can waive your rights if you so choose. (...) I know that Libertarians are into the Force 'n' Fraud phrase, and I (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) Cute. I think the difference is that one is voluntary. (...) I guess what you're talking about is whether there is a net benefit. Clearly I'd be benifitting some people - the ones who buy them from me. (...) This must be why I prefer the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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