[MD] NHS? No thanks

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Craig]
> Only if you consider money as just inorganic ink and exorganic paper or as a
> social institution.  But what if you consider money as the embodiment of value,
> as the product of past effort and as future benefit? 
> 
> [Arlo]
> Yes, money is the embodiment of social-level value.

Money is the embodiment of individual productive effort. 

> [Craig]
> Even so, I don't value these ideas enough to be FORCED to provide subsistance
> for Greenspan.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Ah, that dreaded "force" again. Okay, should someone who doesn't support the
> military be "forced" to pay for it? Would you support privatizing the military?
> What about public parks, Craig? Is it immoral for "me" to force "you" to
> contribute to their being? Should we privatize all public land? Libraries?
> Immoral for me to force you to contribute to these? Should we disband libraries
> and open B&Ns?

Arlo has yet to understand the true nature of government.

> [Craig]
> That's why I support capital punishment to get rid of or deter those who prevent
> us from protecting our citizens.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Capital punishment offers no greater protection or deterrent than lifetime
> incarceration. It runs the risk of killing innocent people. And it evidences
> the prejudices of the larger society. 

As if Arlo and his fellow libs in academia have no prejudices. Duke rape case,
anyone?



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