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Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 12 Jan 2000 23:13:00 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> I haven't seen a homeless CHILD in years.
Which is good, but doesn't mean that they are not there.
> But what point are you trying to make, really? That current systems don't seem
> to do a good job of making sure everyone has a place? Stipulated. That
> America, although the best country in the world since the ChiComs overran Hong
> Kong, isn't perfect? Stipulated.
As LUGNET is an international forum, that statement is hardly going to go
without comment! Best for somethings, not best for others...
> That totalitarian or thuggish regimes produce lots
> of homeless? Stipulated. Who are you arguing with? We're all agreed.
I'm not arguing (m)any of those points - if you follow the thread back not very
far you'll see that I was responding to a very specific assertion made.
> What does any of that have to do with the topic, though?
>
> I repeat my assertion on this specific point just as I do for the general:
> Things get better as you move in the freedom direction. Africa, the least free
> continent per capita on average, has the most refugees per capita, on average.
Agreed - that seems to be a general pattern, but there are other ways to attain
freedom, not neccessarily similar or dissimilar to Libertarianism.
Richard
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