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To: Father Terrence who wrote (43429)	7/3/1999 6:47:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Terry, you're starting to sound like Bill Clinton! :-) Why don't we all argue the meaning of the word "is" <gg> How do you define "wrong"?? :-) Michael

To: Father Terrence who wrote (43429)	7/3/1999 9:03:00 PM
From: Achilles	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

>Your definitions of fear and greed are wrong, therefore, so is the rest of your post. Sorry you had to type so much for nothing.< Apologies for butting into a discussion that is not mine, but 'fear' and 'greed' are, respectively, extreme versions of natural human impulses, self-preservation and self-interest. Personally, I have no difficulties in building a political philosophy on the basis of these instincts, though I prefer to invoke the principle of 'enlightened self-interest': i.e., sometimes the good of the group requires that I ignore my narrow self-interest. For example, it would be in my narrow self-interest to pay no taxes at all, but my enlightened self-interest requires that some government expenditures are necessary and therefore some system of taxation is necessary. Of course, exactly what the appropriate level of government involvement in is a life-time's debate.