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Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
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Thu, 13 Jan 2000 16:22:53 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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.

  Actually, whatever the intent, I think it comes across as an implication of
rather than a distinction from 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.

  I used the word interchangeably, and as far as I was concerned they were the
same.  You're right, however, and I apologize because it was a rather childish
cheap shot and had nothing to do with the validity of my arguments or yours.

  Sorry about that,
     Dave!



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  Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
 
(...) For what it's worth, I have a different take on this than Larry does. I agree that (to me, at least) Libertopia implies "our flavor of utopia" rather than something wholly different. And, I think the use of Liber-rama (which is how I'd spell (...) (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?])
 
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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