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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PiMac who wrote (12513)	5/17/1999 7:12:00 AM
From: Liatris Spicata	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

PiMac- Your reasoning is severely flawed. <<Having the same effect as a hanging, their (sic) is only a semantic difference in it being a hanging.>> First, you don't know that. The person may have other resources. In the example I cited, yes being alone for a protracted period in the Arctic would probably be lethal. Not necessarily the case in sunnier climes. I gather generalizations are not your long strong suit. Suffice it is to say, I have no moral obligation to act in a manner to sustain your life- I am only obligated to refrain from acting to take your life or property. To confuse the two is to mark yourself as the kind of person who refuses to make essential distinctions, to say nothing of being the kind of person with whom I would choose to avoid discourse. Go play with the lorrie coeys of this world- and the Bill Clintons she so admires. <<Ayn is a great person and novelist. I do not find her offering a philosophy for all people. Just for people with her [non-universal] strengths.>> I submit you show no understanding of Rand's life and thought. Why am I not surprised? She was quite careful in her novels to show how people with modest endowments could life a moral life, and she was sympathetic toward them. Think of Roark's mentor's (the elderly architect with integrity whose business failed) draftsmen. Or Eddie Willers in Atlas Shrugged. Or James Taggart's mistress in the same. Larry P.S. Yes, our exchange here has been Off Topic. Perhaps you should re-read Darrel's opening description if you are confused over the matter.