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Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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Thu, 6 Jan 2000 14:49:53 GMT
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Matthew Miller wrote:
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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?
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> Yeah. But I disagree. The founding fathers may have had this belief, but
> they very carefully didn't write it into the constitution.
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> > 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.
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> 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
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