From: mark@unicorn.com
Date: Tue Dec 15 1998 - 12:39:24 MST
Webb_S [Webb_S@bls.gov] wrote:
>The result: a dangerous hybrid capitalism based on mutual deception and bad
>decisions, where monies went to borrowers not operating by strict rules of
>efficiency or profit and loss.
Gee, so you mean it wasn't "global capitalism" that caused the problems after
all, it was that they weren't capitalist enough? So why are you and others
still blaming "capitalism" for their problems?
>Personally, I paid my taxes by telefile last year. No individuals at
>gunpoint were involved.
Cool, I'm just going to stop paying taxes then. No worries that those armed
thugs will show up on my doorstep. No, not at all.
>These are straw man statements not at all in accord with my position.
Nonsense. You're claiming that businesses commit worse atrocities than
government; name one business which has led an armed assault on a church,
tried to starve the kids in order to make the parents surrender, and then
burnt it down. I think you'll have a hard time coming up with an example.
>It's not that simple. Many people are thoroughly traumatized when they are
>forced leave a company.
Oh, how awful. I "care" so much for those who refuse to take control of
their lives and prefer to let others do it for them.
>While many in this forum may be of the
>former mindset, it seems cruel to so cavalierly dismiss those of the
>latter.
If they choose a life of subservience, they can't complain about being
treated like slaves, can they?
Mark
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