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To: Harvey Allen who wrote (15654)	12/29/1997 10:21:00 AM
From: Justin Banks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Harvey - strict libertarians and followers of Ayn Rand's objectivism insist there can be no legitimate governmental interference with free enterprise, that the antitrust laws themselves are what's wrong, not the behavior of Microsoft and other companies. Not true. IMNHO, a strict libertarian would argue that it is the government's place to intervene to prevent coercion. Since MSFT is in fact attempting to coerce consumers, intervention is warranted. The government has several functions, one of which is to protect citizens from coersion and violence. -justinb

To: Harvey Allen who wrote (15654)	12/29/1997 11:28:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Too cool, Harvey, I always wanted to look up (ahem) the Looking Glass reference, I knew it was from Alice, and sort of knew the "words mean what we want them to mean" part, but didn't have a pinpoint cite. Of course, I'm more into the Orwellian view on language issues these days. Ignorance is strenght, man. Needless to say, Dan Gillmor is no relation, just another secret but honored member of the holy fellowship of the ilk. I've had no contact with him, I should keep up on his columns better though. Who knows, maybe he lurks here from time to time, though I doubt it. It's pretty strange to see all the bits and pieces of ilkish Microphobia I could have written show up in the mainstream press these days. I swear, unlike the Microsofties I got no press contacts, and very seldom write about this stuff anywhere but here. Cheers, Dan.