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To: Lane3 who wrote (10572)	2/1/2006 7:47:06 PM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543888

NO straw man, or at least not for you. Socialism is ultimately the stance that the state knows or is more able than the individual or private body to control the public sphere, i.e. the world in which we interact. I've seen state "control" (funding) of education termed socialism, on this board. So why is not the state control, of police, or the military, viewed as an overt and aggressive form of socialism, with the state holding the instruments of force over the populace? Or is there a tacit admission that actually some things ARE better run by the state? in which case, education is surely a less vital sphere than law enforcement, the military or indeed the media?