Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Arlo asked several questions] > Are the "poor" better or worse off because of public libraries? Would the > "poor" be better off if we shut down all the public libraries and converted > them to Barnes and Nobles? > > Let's go back to the fabled pre-socialist era of the early 20th century. Give > me some measures you would use to show me how the "poor" were better off then? > Better income? Better health care? Better education? Contrast the workers in > the Pullman camps to the factory workers at GM today. Tell me in what ways the > Pullman laborers were "better off"? > > Since we favor the "free market", do you think people would be better off with > a privatized police force than a socialized one? Why? Why is a socialized > police force better than a private one? > > [Platt] > What's your point? That Pirsig was wrong to say the free market was morally > superior to socialism? > > [Arlo] > My "point" is get beyond one-liners. Your answers?
So you want to get beyond Pirsig's line about socialism? I thought so. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
