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- From: Tagi@cup.portal.com (Thyagi Morgoth NagaSiva)
- Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
- Subject: Re: Is it OK to be stupid?
- Message-ID: <72235@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 18:53:09 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- 9212.22 e.v.
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- Sean Eustis wrote:
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- Just in case you're wondering, I believe the current term is
- Developmentally Disabled.
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- Response:
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- Nah, that is for people with physiological (or brain impaired) disfunctions.
- (i.e. the mentally handicapped).
-
- What is being talked about here are people who are the run-of-the-mill
- Joe that is just to asleep to notice their own brainpan is exposed.
- Do we wire him up and give him shock therapy or put him to bed with
- a bottle??
-
-
- Sean:
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- Answer, because it is garunteed not only by the bill of rights, but also
- by a secondary nature of humans to look out for/U B~ each other.
- The reason that the elite don't crush the weak is because they are
- neccessarry to provide a rescource of workers that make the products that
- the masses buy that makes a profit, that trickles down to the masses and
- then again back up to the elite.
- It's real complicated and I've probably got it wrong.
-
-
- Response:
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- The way you describe this the 'worker class' is a bunch of cows that must
- be kept protected so that the fields get plowed. The reason that the
- fields need to be plowed is to support the farmer who feeds the cows
- and makes a profit from the sale of seed.
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- This is indeed rather simplistic.
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- Consult your nearest Libertarian Party office.
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- Thyagi
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