Thus said Michael Torrie on Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:36:45 MDT: > As for sliding into socialism, well no. I say we're not.
Based on all the laws being passed and the freedoms being removed from the People of the United States, I would say we are definitely sliding into collectivism/socialism. Look at the recent ruling surrounding ``eminent domain.'' Any law that allows one man (or corporation) to take away the property of another man, is clearly socialist. Its wrong for me to steal from my neighbor, but if I own a big company and can pad the pockets of the politicians, suddenly it is legal. Oh, its for the good of the society they say... socialism I say. And to Lonnie Olson who thinks socialism can work, we have Russia, China and Germany to study as stark examples of just how well it can work. Andy -- GnuPG ID 0xA63888C9 (D2DA 68C9 BB2B 26B4 8204 2219 A43E F450 A638 88C9) [-----------[system uptime]--------------------------------------------] 5:56pm up 74 days, 2:34, 2 users, load average: 1.29, 1.20, 1.11 .-----------------------------------. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `-----------------------------------'
