[MD] Collective intelligence

[David M]

Arlo for president!

David M

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ARLO J BENSINGER JR" <ajb102 at psu.edu>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] Collective intelligence


> [Platt]
> You chose to emphasize the individual only when it suits your political 
> agenda,
> like universal health care which is nothing but collectivist program.
>
> [Arlo]
> This type of talk-radio rhetoric is sickening. I emphasize the value of 
> human
> life always and in everything. From being anti-abortion and anti-capital
> punishment, to being against criminalizing consensual activity. I favor
> universal health care because it is NOT a "collectivist program", but a 
> society
> recognizing that the value of human life is not monetary. Indeed, the true
> "collectivist program" is YOURS, the vile social Darwinism you espouse 
> that
> seeks to let the poor die off for the greater good. Your allegience, as 
> always,
> is never to the human individual, but to wealth and power, measures by 
> which
> you seek to value human life. Unlike you, I emphasize the value of human 
> life
> at every turn, and raise it above social level wealth.
>
> Poor or rich, human life is sacred. Born or unborn, human life is sacred. 
> The
> programs I support, universal health care and child support, not to 
> mention
> public libraries, EMT and emergency services, public parks and so on, are 
> all
> in support of the value of ALL human life, to provide an infrastructure by
> which not only is all human life held sacred and protected, but has a 
> maximized
> ability to achieve power and agency that is not solely dependent on family
> wealth and status.
>
> THIS is the true valuation of the individual above "the collective". Your
> social Darwinism, in its allegiance to the capistocracy and its
> self-masturbating belief that the value of human life derives from wealth, 
> is
> what's sick. It might make buffoons like Limbaugh proud, but it should 
> disgust
> anyone who truly values human life.
>
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