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From: [e-mail] (Angus H Rodgers)
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Subject: Re: Liberty (was something relevant about CO-2 long ago...)
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Date: 21 Dec 92 21:41:08 GMT
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In <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (Lee Crocker) writes:

>[...] Nature can be cruel, and libertarians respect the
>basic facts of nature that humans have to work to live, fight to
>defend themselves, and compete for resources.  We just want to move
>the competition from warfare to free enterprise.

Somehow, it's not what you say, but what you don't say, that bothers
me. I personally would not choose to lay such emphasis on this side
of life. (Yes, I know I lean too much the other way; I don't call
myself a "wimp" -- or "cissy", thanks Roy -- for nothing.) I get a
sense of an artificially narrowed perspective; blinkers; tunnel vision.
(This criticism is aimed at you personally, but at Libertarians generally;
absolutely no offence is intended, and I can only hope, none taken.)

Anyone else get the same feeling?
--
Gus Rodgers,  Dept. of Computer Science, |  [Profound thought for 1993]
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