From: Samael (Samael@dial.pipex.com)
Date: Wed Dec 16 1998 - 08:32:10 MST
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Scarazzo <mscarazzo@rocketmail.com>
To: extropians@extropy.com <extropians@extropy.com>
Date: 16 December 1998 15:24
Subject: Re: boycotting of corporations
>---Samael <Samael@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
>>
>> But what are _you_ doing to boycott these unethical companies?
>>
>> Nestle are doing nothing illegal, just offering a service. They are
>being
>> unethical because the people are not educated enough to see the long
>term
>> effects of this service.
>
>_I_ am trying to educate others that government is not the cure-all
>that many believe it is. Business competition in a free and open
>market will do much more for individual; thus for society. We are in
>a society of individuals. For society to succeed, the good of the
>individual must be placed above ALL else.
>
>Nestle is doing what the government has allowed it to do. The
>government that controls education and nearly everything else in that
>nation state is being unethical by permitting a company to abuse it's
>population. It does not provide a good education for the people and
>the government's leaders benefit monetarily at the expense of those
>who should be protected by them.
Hang on:
A bad thing is happening. The government is doing nothing.
Should the government
a) do even less
b) Stop the bad thing happening.
you appear to be advocating (a).
Samael
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