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Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 6 Jan 2000 13:46:11 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm./Spamcake/org
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Scott E. Sanburn <ssanburn@cleanweb.net> wrote:
> hoods! :) ), and I am tired. My apologies. Alright, The founding fathers
> concluded, when they wrote the Constitution and Bill of Rights, that all
> rights granted to the people are God given, and cannot be taken away by
> the government. Is this better?
Yeah. But I disagree. The founding fathers may have had this belief, but
they very carefully didn't write it into the constitution.
> They are decent to strive for, but not in the leftist socialist mentality
> that runs rampant through the UN. If they are all driven by the market, not
> by government means, that is great.
So if the government does something good, it's still evil? I guess I'm
concerned with making things work. Why attach idealist "this must be done by
the government" or "this must be done by private sector" notions to things?
Assuming for the moment that we've got neither a fascist evil totalitarian
government on one side nor soulless moneygrubbing capitalist bosses on the
other, isn't it reasonable to be happy with the good that gets done either
way?
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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