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To: michael97123 who wrote (87703)	3/29/2003 2:29:52 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Priorities and loyalties sometimes seem askew, yes. There are various causes: being taught that one ought to be ashamed of good fortune or success; that those who are powerful are necessarily corrupt (Lord Acton did a lot of damage with that adage); that, in fact, the successful necessarily win at the expense of others (true in some forms of competition, but not in others). In fact, in a capitalist economy, although there may be winners and losers, overall, success is socially beneficial, because it means that one has brought a valuable product or service to markeet, or figured out a more efficient way of doing business, and the consumer benefits, along with investors and employees. Power does not necessarily corrupt, because it is is gained at the price of responsibility, and one has shareholders, customers, and the public to answer to. There is no shame in being fortunate, unless one blows the opportunity.......

To: michael97123 who wrote (87703)	3/29/2003 3:06:56 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<Their (peace folks) heroes then were the Allendes of the world. Now they are the arafats.> I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to put you on ignore. I can have a reasonable discussion with NeoCon, and others on this thread who I disagree with. But your style of debate is to hurl insults, and little else. You never bring facts or logic to this thread, not even facts or logic that back up your own viewpoint. To say that the "peace folks" thought of Allende as a hero, ignores every piece of historical evidence. The truth is 180 degrees the other way. It was the Reaganites/NeoCons who made him a hero, because he was anti-communist. It was the "peace folks" who protested against him, year after year. Sorry, Mike.