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Subject:	Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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Date:	Thu, 6 Jan 2000 03:50:33 GMT
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Matthew Miller wrote: > > > Wow, I guess this most be where most leftists think health-care is a > > right, much less anything else (Housing, etc.) I can imagine if the UN > > Many rights are things we as a society make up. (As opposed to being somehow > natural or god-given.) That doesn't mean that they're not good ideas! Why > isn't it good to say that all people deserve be taken care of when they're > sick? The US Constitution and Bill of Rights, coined by the founding fathers, all rights are God given. As in the "rights" of health care, etc., in theory, all are good ideas, in utopia. In reality, there is a difference. What does the market do? Who will pay for it? Is it in the nations best interest. Who will enforce it? Will we lose national sovereignty, etc. > > > Did you also notice that in the background, there are wonderful little > > words like peace, etc. I am surprised they don't have diversity in there as > > well. > > Oh wow, "peace". What a terrible thing! We certainly can't have that! Well, I just grabbed one word from back there. Again, it sounds good, but they need to practice what they preach, so to speak. The UN is garbage, as far as I am concerned, no matter what "good karma" they try to spread. Scott S. _________________________________________________________________________________________ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator/CAD Operator-Affiliated Engineers -> http://www.aeieng.com LEGO Page -> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/legoindex.html Home Page -> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/index.html

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		Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
(...) This sentence doesn't seem to make any sense to me. Can you rephrase/explain what you're saying? (...) Ok. So if they're good ideas in a perfect world, is there a problem with saying that those are things we want to strive for as a (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
(...) You discredit yourself completely in the first sentence. Nice going. "coined by the founding fathers" == "god-given". Whatever. (...) So now it's a bad idea to strive for utopia? Jasper (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
(...) Will you stop? Where do you get that idea? What "higher power"? That's not it at all. My goodness what a stew of misconceptions. Do you listen to anything I say or are you just so sure you know what it is that it all blows past you? One more (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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