----- 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. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
