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To: Don Lloyd who wrote (5010)	11/27/2001 11:06:27 AM
From: miraje	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13056

the left has abandoned its previous claims to represent reason and science and has now openly degenerated to the point where its attitude toward reason and science is indistinguishable from that of a mob of torch-bearing, terrified Transylvanian peasants, LOL!! Sounds like something that Ayn Rand would have written. But, reason and science have just as much to fear from the fundie right as from the left, IMO. I think this new cloning technology and stem cell development is wonderful stuff. Amazing discoveries and new treatments will occur if Dubya and the politicos just keep their hands off!! Regards, JB

To: Don Lloyd who wrote (5010)	12/3/2001 3:28:49 AM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13056

lewrockwell.com "...Henry Grady Weaver, author of a classic book on freedom, The Mainspring of Human Progress, years ago warned us that good intentions in politics are not good enough and actually are dangerous to the cause. Weaver stated: "Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except as applied to themselves, and who were obsessed with fanatical zeal to improve the lot of mankind-in-the-mass through some pet formula of their own. The harm done by ordinary criminals, murderers, gangsters, and thieves is negligible in comparison with the agony inflicted upon human beings by the professional do-gooders, who attempt to set themselves up as gods on earth and who would ruthlessly force their views on all others – with the abiding assurance that the end justifies the means."..." Regards, Don