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Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 22:38:18 GMT
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MATTDM@saynotospamMATTDM.ORG
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Scott E. Sanburn <ssanburn@cleanweb.net> wrote:
> Ugh, no global government, please! Ours is bad enough, thank you very
> much! I would love to see that monster come out. Speaking of the Bible,
> Matt, did you ever read Revelations? The one world government?
Yes, and I've seen other such texts. I certainly wouldn't want a one-world
government like that, and that's not what I'm advocating at all!
> Corporations are private organizations, made by citizens. They are
> totally different than the government, and the public has no right to
> tell them what to do. Shareholders do. I think this evil corporations
Ok, now we're back to the rights discussion. I don't see how a corporation
gets the right to do _anything_.
> deal is just plain wrongheaded. I guess I can correlate this way: I feel
> the same about government as you do on corporations. However, you can
That is likely a very fair statement. And this is why the rights discussion
is important. It's not developed far enough to talk about this yet, so maybe
in a little while. I'll definitely remember this and get back to it.
> boycott corporations if you don't like them. I get arrested and thrown
> in jail.
On the other hand, with government, I have the right to vote if I don't like
it -- we have a concept of one person, one vote. Corporations affect my life
(and would even more in the libertarian utopia where corporations do
everything), but unless I have enough money, I can't affect them much --
it's one dollar, one vote. (And the dollars needed for necessities don't get
to be very good votes.)
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| (...) Ugh, no global government, please! Ours is bad enough, thank you very much! I would love to see that monster come out. Speaking of the Bible, Matt, did you ever read Revelations? The one world government? (...) Corporations are private (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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