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- From: mbb@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (martin.brilliant)
- Subject: Re: Libertarians live in Virtual Reality
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- References: <BsvxoH.1HL@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <22823@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 19:20:43 GMT
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- From article <BsvxoH.1HL@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, by jwales@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (jimmy donal wales):
- > Kenneth Tolman writes:
- No, I wrote it, based on arguments I've heard from Libertarians:
- >>>I think it's a little more complicated than that, and I think some
- >>>Libertarians will mail or post to tell you so. It isn't that all
- >>>business owners are saintly. It's that there are enough alert
- >>>consumers so that no business owner could get away with cheating them,
- > ....
- > All sensible libertarians I know of will argue for very stringent
- > laws against fraud and other deceptive business practices. It is
- > critically important that all parties to a contract have available
- > recourse to failures to deliver on the details of the contract.
-
- Well, then, is this a senseless Libertarian, below?
-
- In article <22823@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM> tucker@shiva.edsg.hac.com (George Tucker)writes:
- > .....
- > Let's see, what have been the biggest ripoffs I have experienced:
- [details omitted, summary follows]
- >
- > Courts, easy bankruptcy , police dept., corrupt politicians, IRS.
- > What do those have in common? (hint: select business or government)
- >
- > The phoney bills, get rich quick schemes, inflated auto repair estimates, etc.,
- > start around number 20. Most can be avoided with a little common sense,
- > wariness, and remembering TINSTAAFL. Government ripoffs come without
- > warning, can take everything you have, and are backed by force.
-
- Who am I supposed to believe is the serious Libertarian? George
- Tucker, who believes that scams by business are as nothing compared to
- what government perpetrates? Or Jimbo Wales, who wants government to
- watch business stringently to keep it honest?
-
- I get the feeling that arguing with Libertarians is like sailing in a
- shifting wind. I can't tell where they're coming from.
-
- Marty
- marty@hoqaa.att.com hoqaa!marty
- Martin B. Brilliant (Winnertech Corporation)
-