[Platt] Of course when you use "fascist neocon" it's OK, but you whine like baby when the crap you dish out is flung back in your face.
[Arlo] Kindly point me to a post where I called you a "fascist neocon". Then, kindly point me to a post where anything like this I've said was not in response to your incessent "Marxist", "commie", banter. As is clearly evident, here you (again) instigate. And notice that nothing in my reply said "fascist neocon". [Platt] But you don't take his own words on the benefits of free markets. Is it any mystery why? [Arlo] Oh no. No mystery. I hate freedom. I hate liberty. I hate individuals. But this is the great distortion. How can I argue "balance" when I think one aspect of that balance is value-free? Of course I recognize the benefits of free markets. But I also recognize the benefits of the social regulations we've deployed to protect us from the ills unregulation brings with it. [Platt] Yes, how wonderful are the government robber barons who mandated use of biofuels that has driven up food prices causing food riots in poor countries. [Arlo] I agree. The only viable solution is to consume less energy. But this doesn't negate anything I've said. [Platt] And by all means, let's not mention that U.S. taxpayers now spend about 5.4 billion nonproductive hours a year trying to comply with 2,500 pages of tax laws. [Arlo] I agree. I've already said I favor a complete elimination of the income tax and the move towards a 100% consumption tax. [Platt] Your self-proclaimed "balance" is out of whack by a ton. [Arlo] Oh right. Because I don't want to return the 1890's, it must mean I want everyone to waste time, develop biofuel and have food riots in poor countries. Right. [Platt] Maybe if you had a sense of balance at all you would check your history to acknowledge the many benefits of industrialization. [Arlo] Already said so. [Platt] But, oh, I forgot. You have no objection to everyone to going naked in the streets. [Arlo] Freedom. [Platt] And those who want to cover themselves can damn well make their own clothes like in the Middle Ages. [Arlo] You got me. I want everyone to be a serf. [Platt] The people have learned that politicians will gladly bestow benefits on them in return for votes. It's call buying votes with other people's money. [Arlo] Balance. [Platt had quoted Pirsig, apparently I forgot to include "quote" around this common quote in my reply] That is the reason the major capitalist economies of the world have done so much better since World War II than the major socialist economies. [Platt] That's a Pirsig quote, not mine. We all know you are not fair and balanced, but now you are not even honest. [Arlo] Oh come on. Everyone who read LILA knows that's a Pirsig quote. But hey, I was deliberately trying to deceive everyone into thinking it was something you said. What can I say? I'm a Marxist. It's what I do. [Platt] I"m merely quoting Pirsig,. something you try desperately to ignore. [Arlo] Ignore it? Not in any way. Why I just pointed out that "all major capitalist economies since WWII" are, in effect, mixed... aka "balanced". [Platt] Your constant glorification of government interference in free markets shows you leaning so far left as to be nearly horizontal. [Arlo] Yeah, we'll you're a "fascist neocon". So there. 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/
