From: Dick.Gray@bull.com To: extropians@extropy.com Date sent: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 14:48:29 -0700 Subject: Re: Final Challenge to Socialists Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
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> Me:
> >You're not getting the message... If a service is so indispensable, why do
> >we have to be forced to support it???
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> Joe:
> >Sometimes we are not individually able to support it; then we simply
> >die.
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> Only if we remain isolated instead of associating with others to meet our
> common needs (or we're not permitted to peacefully associate). This doesn't
> necessitate violence against anyone, merely voluntary cooperation. If you
> want something, but you can't (or don't wish to) persuade me to help, that
> doesn't bestow on you a right to coerce me.
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> Dick
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How could the Central Americans reover from the hurricane without
global gov't-coordinated assistance? None of them are in any
position to help each other (at least not enough).