----- Original Message -----
From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: OT: mortgage default question


> Dan Minette wrote:
>
> > Rental prices crashed too.  The bank couldn't kick the renters out
until
> > the contract expired.  Our friends didn't care what happened after
that.
> > The person who did this was a libertarian/objectivist, and thought
cheating
> > the goverment was a very good thing.
>
> That's not terribly considerate of the people paying the taxes into the
> government that makes such cheating possible.  (Or would that not bother
> an objectivist?)

Consideration is part of altruism, which is evil to Rand.

>
> Julia
>
> who didn't come to any libertarian leanings via Rand, at any rate

Well, I've never pegged you as a libertarian true believer, but rather one
who had some skepticism about certain government programs.  The guy was a
true believer in the virtue of selfishness.

Dan M.


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