I care about chavez because I care about the cause of liberty and democracy gnerally, and I think you overstate our loss of liberty at home.
as for corporations, they are neither good nor bad. they are legal entities. sometimes the people who run corporations do good, and sometimes they do ill. that's just human behavior. having said that, I think the advent of corporations has done more to spread wealth and opportunity than almost any other development in human history. On 2/22/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Give me a break. > > 1) Chavez is somewhere else, we have homegrown loss of liberty to > worry about. Let the Venezuelans be Venezuelans. > > 2) This is possibly the most specious argument I have ever seen. Some > company has potentially useful products therefore corpporations are > good?? > > 3) It's pretty far from random. > > Dana > > On 2/22/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dana wrote: > > > yanno... almost as much time has been wasted on this as on Hugo > > > Chavez. I just don't see why reducing emissions would be a bad thing, > > > whether they are responsible for global warming or not. Big > > > corporations would have us believe otherwise, but since when did they > > > have our best interests in mind? > > > > > > > (1.) Chavez. If you're unconcerned about new dictatorships and the > > death and mayhem that will inevitably ensue, then Chavez is > > unconcerning. If, on the other hand, needless suffering bothers you, > > then Chavez does concern you and discussion about his is not a waste > > of time. > > > > (2.) Corporations. While the conceptual organization doesn't care > > about people, the practical organization does. I'd bet if you looked > > at charitable contributions including both money and time you'd find > > that corporations are quite generous. And further the *promise* of > > *becoming* a corporation is responsible for untold advances in > > science, medicine, and technology that have increased all of our > > lifespans. As one quick example, take Sirtris: > > > > "if it succeeds, its medicines may retard the onset or progression of > > a whole slew of age-related diseases, from diabetes to Alzheimer's to > > cancer. The drugs may also have an extremely provocative side effect: > > They might extend life span. You have to go back to the advent of > > antibiotics in the first half of the 20th century to find such broad > > therapeutic potential. > > > > (3.) Emissions. There's probably all kinds of things humans "emit" > > that we could cut. Your point is that we should just randomly pick > > something and then spend billions eliminating it for no apparent > > reason? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228722 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
