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- From: mapd1@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Nigel Ling)
- Subject: Re: support for the arts in the US
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.112239.3050@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
- Organization: University of Sussex
- References: <1gdaaqINN1kg@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Dec14.144232.21162@syma.sussex.ac.uk> <1gikq6INNra5@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 11:22:39 GMT
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- In article <1gikq6INNra5@agate.berkeley.edu> curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin) writes:
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- >>>
- >>>If you want poor people to be able to read, you should give
- >>>them money - not libraries.
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- >
- >When you spend X dollars on libraries for the poor, instead of giving
- >the poor X dollars, what you are saying is:
- >
- >"You do not have enough money to spend on things you need, but we do not
- >trust you to decide what things you need. Therefore, instead of giving you
- >money, which you would not spend wisely, we will give you what we think
- >is best for you."
- >
- >If you approve of this attitude, probably the less said the better.
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- Wow! Why didn't anybody else think of this, especially all those
- writers? The simple solutions are always the best eh?
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- Nigel
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