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Re: IP ( was Re: LP POINT 1
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Wed, 6 Dec 2000 00:57:56 GMT
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> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > In my sytem I have the right to free education.
> > 
> > As much as you want?
> 
> I have had free education - pre-school to PhD.

What if you wanted more education?  And how did you afford to eat and stay out
of the rain while pursuing your free education.

> > > In my sytem I have the right to free healthcare.
> > 
> > No matter the cost?  At maximum quality?
> 
> Note quite, but that is the aim.

"Not quite" implies that it's close.  From what I understand, it isn't.

> > > In my sytem I have the right the right to social provision.
> > 
> > I don't know what that means.
> 
> I suppose you'd call it "Welfare".

Meaning free beer and smokes?

> > > In my system a starving man has the right to food.
> > 
> > All kinds?
> 
> Nope. But nobody should be allowed to starve.

So as much fried spinach as you can stomach, right?

> > In your system, do you have the right to multiple wives?
> 
> I don't want it.

And it doesn't matter to you what others want?

> > Prostitution?
> 
> I don't need it.

And it doesn't matter to you what others want?

> > Recreational drugs?
> 
> I don't need it.

And it doesn't matter to you what others want?

> > What about other victimless (so-called)
> > criminal activity?
> 
> I could vote to outlaw what I wish.

That is precisely why "your system" is not utopia.  Because you reserve the
right to outlaw behaviors that do no harm but offend your aesthetic.

> > And anyway, your post was a dodge, not an answer to Larry's.
> 
> In your opinion.

I guess it was my opinion only that it was a dodge, but it is simple fact that
you avoided giving a straight answer to Larry's straight question.  I suppose
instead of a dodge, you could be so unfamiliar with English that you didn't
understand his note.  But all the evidence that I have indicates otherwise, so
I doubt that's it.

Chris



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(...) The state paid my to be a student. Not very much, but enough to mean I could concentre of my studies - rather than flipping burgers. (...) It is not perfect - I agree. But the NHS is a highly respected orginisation in the UK. The poeple who (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: IP ( was Re: LP POINT 1
 
(...) I have had free education - pre-school to PhD. (...) Note quite, but that is the aim. (...) I suppose you'd call it "Welfare". (...) Nope. But nobody should be allowed to starve. (...) I don't want it. (...) I don't need it. (...) I don't need (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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