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Re: "free" at the point of delivery
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 14 Jun 2004 21:19:21 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:
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First you will have to show me that “free” education produces “idealists
with no concept of the real world”. Please don’t recite an anecdote, I would
prefer something more impartial.
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I have the impression that in nations with a richer socialist tradition (like
the UK), it is much more acceptable to accept from the public coffers the kind
of aid that’s being discussed here and in turn, to take seriously the
responsibility incurred to society to pay it back -- not in like kind, but by
being a good and productive member of society (a sort of noblesse oblige --
though that’s not exactly right). I’m wondering two things: a)Is that true, or
just an over-romanticized outlook? b)If it is true, might that difference (such
a sense is quite uncommon here in the US) be contributory to the stalemate in
conversation here?
Chris
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| (...) Either you're extremely sensitive about this, or you must've missed the winky. That was intended to be an absurd example to bring something you said earlier (and eventually snipped) into perspective. But if you wish, I suppose you could (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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