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Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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Matthew Miller wrote:

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?

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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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