[thechat] roll yr own blackout

[Ben Dyer]

At 01:18 PM 5/21/2001, you wrote:
> > Sorry -- 'conscience' is a good thing ... but morons wrapped in the
> > holier-than-thou "green" flag are as bad or worse than what we have now.
>
>*chuckle*. How on earth could things be worse than a President who is
>incapable of speaking lucidly? And a congress with no will to serve the
>people other than to the extent they require some fraction to vote for
>them? And whose pockets are lined by folks whose interests lie squarely
>in money, and to no extent whatsoever consider the public good?

Well, that's easy, a socialist President who thinks the government should 
be protecting the people because they can't protect themselves.

While I applaud some of Nader's stances against rampant capitalism, he 
simply goes too far.  It's not the government's place to be mandating the 
safety of our nation's citizens.  I mean, the next logical step is to just 
outlaw smoking, drinking, guns, sex, red meat, fried foods, video games, 
the internet because let's face it, none of it's really safe for us.

How Huxleyan.

And for the Libertarians out there who are shaking their heads yes, do you 
really believe the opposite: that businesses with their competitive nature 
will really end up regulating themselves?

Please.

The truth is somewhere in the middle.

--Ben


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