[420] in libertarians
Re: Not yours to give
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Raymie Stata)
Wed Nov 16 16:39:37 1994
To: objectivism@MIT.EDU, libertarians@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 16 Nov 94 14:44:08 -0500.
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From: Raymie Stata <raymie@larch.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 94 16:28:06 EST
From Dave:
> It is a great essay. There is only one problem with it. The
> example used at the beginning of the essay, the naval officer's widow
> isn't a good one. If the officer died in combat, his widow should be
> compensated...
I disagree. From the essay:
> Some eloquent appeals have been made to us upon the ground that it
> is a debt due the deceased. Mr. Speaker, the deceased lived long
> after the close of the war; he was in office to the day of his
> death, and I have never heard that the government was in arrears to
> him.
RS
