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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (44658)	1/15/2006 11:43:16 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Let me just say (for instance) that usage such as "They took off all the're clothes as far as your aware" could give rise to legitimate wonder! <g> Or their mind could be working faster than their fingers. Something some of us are capable of. <-- Oh oh! Dangling participle! How many IQ points do you subtract for that? "Cite me the passage if or Rand where she says she approves of gov't provision of free health care" Let me nip this in the bud before we wind up on another planet altogether: Rand would probably NOT value Nationalized Health Care. What she WOULD respect and honor is an agreement freely made without coercion. Gov't IS coercion. It is the very essence of coercion. There is no gov't that is NOT coercive. You ever notice they are the only body guaranteed to have lethal weapons in whatever form the gov't takes or whatever principles it espouses? Are taxes voluntary? Not here. Are they in Canada? Have you heard of something called "the military draft"? Do you delude yourself that those men put themselves in harms way VOLUNTARILY???? As it currently stands, Ayn would oppose it. Why? Because it based on COERCION BY THREAT OF USE OF DEADLY FORCE! That's why! "If you fail to recognize the difference between private agreements and gov't use of the threat of jail and force (AKA "taxes"), there may be a moron around here" Jail and force are both moral consequences of the failure to pay taxes. If one believes a law is unfair, one may seek remedies within the law. And if you lose (and remember, you must bring your suit in THEIR courts) and still refuse, they deprive you of life or liberty- -without your willing consent. "Everyone makes typos and grammatical mistakes including you and I" Your presumption that it was a "typo" is extravagant and somewhat pretentious. Your presumption it is not is silliness personified. Ask Holly about some of mine. She can give you a collection that would blow your head off. By your standard, I must be a blithering, slobbering idiot. I can assure I can prove otherwise. Ergo, there is something idiotic about your thesis. You may be right, but I have no reason to accept your opinion over mine. I just gave you one. I decided in the context of his overall posts to me that his errors were more likely a product of ignorance than of carelessness. OTOH, it just might be personal dislike. You are entitled to that. No one has the right to tell another who they shall like or dislike. I agree....let us move on to a worthwhile subject. Yes.