Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Craig] > Only if you consider money as just inorganic ink and exorganic paper or as a > social institution. But what if you consider money as the embodiment of > value, > as the product of past effort and as future benefit? > > [Arlo] > Yes, money is the embodiment of social-level value.
Money is the embodiment of individual productive effort. > [Craig] > Even so, I don't value these ideas enough to be FORCED to provide subsistance > for Greenspan. > > [Arlo] > Ah, that dreaded "force" again. Okay, should someone who doesn't support the > military be "forced" to pay for it? Would you support privatizing the > military? > What about public parks, Craig? Is it immoral for "me" to force "you" to > contribute to their being? Should we privatize all public land? Libraries? > Immoral for me to force you to contribute to these? Should we disband > libraries > and open B&Ns? Arlo has yet to understand the true nature of government. > [Craig] > That's why I support capital punishment to get rid of or deter those who > prevent > us from protecting our citizens. > > [Arlo] > Capital punishment offers no greater protection or deterrent than lifetime > incarceration. It runs the risk of killing innocent people. And it evidences > the prejudices of the larger society. As if Arlo and his fellow libs in academia have no prejudices. Duke rape case, anyone? ------------------------------------------------- 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/
