From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Aug 26 2002 - 10:41:59 MDT
Mike Lorrey wrote:
>...
>
>If you insist on having a pissing contest, we can do that, but I, and
>many others on this list can easily demonstrate that socialism, in both
>its internationalist and nationalist forms, initiated and perpetrated
>the deaths of over 100 million people in the last century.
>
>Nationalism is the only other ism upon which even a fraction of that
>many deaths can be heaped. Capitalism doesn't kill people. Corpses make
>lousy customers.
>
>
Try it this way: Capitalism doesn't kill as many people. That's
appearantly true, and will probably remain true. The other is false.
E.g., there's a city in Georgia that was intentionally poisoned by a
chemical plant upstream of them. The chemical plant knew what it was
doing, but calculated that it would be cheaper to pay the fines once it
was discovered than to dispose of the chemicals safely. It was right,
too, even though this information came out in the court hearing,
including the premeditation.
OTOH, I suppose that you could say that the people of the city weren't
their customers anyway. But they were people.
>...
>
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