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Subject:	Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Thu, 13 Jan 2000 16:11:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes: > That's _yet another_ reason not to have a Liberama, Please use our term. It's our meme, not yours, and using some other word means you are talking about some other thing, which we don't have to defend since it's your idea rather than ours. Libertopia as a name was chosen specifically to drive home the point that it is not a utopia. If your goal is to ridicule, keep using your term, that's fine. But put your cards on the table, eh, so readers can evaluate where you're coming from. ++Lar

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		Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
(...) Actually, whatever the intent, I think it comes across as an implication of rather than a distinction from Utopia (...) I used the word interchangeably, and as far as I was concerned they were the same. You're right, however, and I apologize (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
(...) "Libertopia" comes across (to me) as a name specifically chosen to drive home the point that it _is_ utopia. You did a fairly bad job if the above was what you were trying to convey with the name. Would have been better to avoid any mention of (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
(...) That's an interesting assertion, but it has nothing to do with what I said. (...) Obviously I'm not suggesting that all "charity" is or should be driven by blind funds--that would be akin to throwing money down a well. My question, however, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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