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Subject:	Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 2 Sep 2005 14:33:52 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate on 1/13/2000, Dave Schuler wrote: > every single time there is a large-scale power > outage, society disintegrates to riots and chaos in a matter of hours. Are > these the same people you trust to watch over themselves while simultaneously > considering the good of society at large? This is the reality in which we > live, and it needs policing. I don't mean a cop on every corner, but all > evidence demonstrates that society cannot be relied upon to behave itself all > by itself. Hmm.

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		Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
(...) What were those tests done with rats in a cage-- a few rats in a large cage with lots of food and water, no problem many rats in a small cage with hardly any food and water--mass pandemonium We've seriously not evolved that far from the other (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
(...) My point was that I agree absolutely that it is foolish to contribute to charity without some sense of where one's money will wind up but I don't feel I can trust a corporation or a single wealthy individual to fund an educational system (...) (27 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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