From: Charlie Stross (charlie@antipope.org)
Date: Sat Oct 26 2002 - 08:30:51 MDT
On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 10:13:01AM -0400, Dehede011@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/26/2002 8:09:46 AM Central Standard Time,
> neptune@mars.superlink.net writes: Yes, the human mind is, in a sense, a
> means of production -- as are human bodies.
>
> Dan,
> I think you have just hit the definition. A socialist government is
> one that thinks it owns its citizens lives including the right to end those
> lives.
Like, er, Texas? (Or anywhere else with the death penalty?)
> The definition may require other essentials but this is certainly the
> chief one.
Your definition is broken. Go away, and don't come back until you've
done some reading.
Clue: I can assert that a "libertarian government" is one that thinks
its citizens should be allowed to engage in free trade until I turn
blue in the face, but that won't make Singapore a libertarian state.
Definitions exist for a reason, and if you abuse words like "socialist"
until they bear no relation to the meaning everyone else ascribes to
them, don't be surprised if nobody wants to talk to you.
-- Charlie
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