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Re: Libertarian debate in danger of pollution (was Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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Fri, 1 Dec 2000 18:01:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tim Courtney writes:

Dave! also acknowledged something along the lines that a system shouldn't be
thrown out because some people misrepresent it.  I'm heavily paraphrasing
what I remember, I appreciate correction/link, Dave.

That's it exactly, and it applies pretty much to any belief system.  That
is, the system's truth or falsehood isn't determined by the zaniness or
non-zaniness of its supporters.

   That's why there are still Marxists and Communists in the
   world!  (And, some would argue, Greens and Libertarians.)

   best

   LFB



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  Re: Libertarian debate in danger of pollution (was Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
 
<snipped even more capriciously than usual!> (...) I agree. Those Marx brothers were pretty zany all right. Yet their belief system (the right to wear silly hats, have dark eyebrows, wave cigars leeringly at matronly women, and honk a large bicycle (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Libertarian debate in danger of pollution (was Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
 
(...) That's it exactly, and it applies pretty much to any belief system. That is, the system's truth or falsehood isn't determined by the zaniness or non-zaniness of its supporters. Dave! (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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