Subject:
|
Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.off-topic.debate
|
Date:
|
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 20:29:32 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
2341 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> <387CF961.42F012A7@cleanweb.net> <FoAIpx.I2u@lugnet.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
> James Brown wrote:
>
> > Why is it that "government will take advantage of whatever power we give to
> > them" is a valid view, when at the same time, 'corporations will take
> > advantage of whatever power we give to them' is not?
>
> I would tend to say both are equally valid. However governments have
> monopoly on the initiation of the use of force, while corporations are
> limited in what similar powers they can have, or so one would hope.
Yup, one would - and that is the current set-up. But I believe(1) that I was
responding to an impression that governments are evil because they'll do this,
but corporations aren't, because they won't.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
1:Started hunting through the thread for exact context, decided not to bother.
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
|
| <387CF961.42F012A7@c...anweb.net> <FoAIpx.I2u@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) I would tend to say both are equally valid. However governments have monopoly on the initiation of the use of (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
473 Messages in This Thread:
(Inline display suppressed due to large size. Click Dots below to view.)
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
