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At 07:25 PM 2/16/00 -0500, William H. Geiger III wrote:
>What signifies you as a socialist is that you see no problem with having
>the government *steal* my property to "fix" whatever problem is bothering
>you at the time. Not only is this morally bankrupt but is an act of
>cowardice. The socialist is too gutless to steal the property himself but
>does so by proxy using government forces.
>
>You do not have a right to my property regardless how worthy & noble you
>think the cause is. If your cause is educating the unwashed masses, or
>midnight basketball for the inner city youths, or saving the family farms,
>the pull out your check book and write a check.
I think a re-posting of the circa 1950 speech (by a school dean, I
believe), regarding the inadvisability and immorality of using government
to undertake actions that citizens themselves would find aboherent, is in
order. Do you still have it?
