[12771] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Re: Personal attacks are no substitute for logical consistency
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bruce Fancher)
Sat May 28 10:16:55 1994
From: bruce@phantom.com (Bruce Fancher)
To: nwsyslaw@netcom.com
Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 18:29:20 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, karl@mcs.com, djw@eff.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9405262050.A19893-0100000@netcom11> from "Larry Berg" at May 26, 94 10:18:59 pm
[Larry Berg] has written:
|
| > On Wed, 25 May 1994, Karl Denninger wrote:
| >
| > > This is all an entitlement game, is it not? Another tax for the "poor
| > > disadvantaged people". Yeah, right. Just like the rest of the welfare
| > > state which has LED TO the current situation we have rather than helping
| > > it, this too is an evil trend that must be stomped on HARD -- and NOW.
| >
|
| I'm not sure what current situation you think is
| relevant, however, the one that really needs stomping on is the
| incredible greed that fuels crises such as the widespread savings and loan
| fiasco that WE ARE ALL PAYING FOR that just coincidently sprang up
| coast-to-coast like an invasion of thistle in our wonderful unregulated
| garden.
Uh huh. Has it occured to you that we wouldn't have this fiasco if the
Government hadn't taken it upon itself to insure Savings and Loans in the
first place?
| Is this the kind of dialog that you want to perpetuate ? Do not
| pretend that our problems are caused by our so-called welfare state. The
| evil trend is a shrinking middle class and a growing poverty class.
Actually you put your finger right on it. "A shrinking middle class and a
growing [underclass]" are symptoms of "our so-called welfare state."
| If you think that this is happening because some people are just
| plain lazy, fine. If you think that I.T. should not be a part of
| publicly funded education and community development, fine. If you
| distrust the EFF, fine. Just stop the bullshit now.
= "If you disagree with us, fine, just stop saying so publicly."
| Larry Berg
| nwsyslaw@netcom.com
| Seattle, WA
