Re: Orlowski: Your hate piece on Robin Hanson

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 20:27:33 MDT

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    --- Adrian Tymes <wingcat@pacbell.net> wrote:
    > --- Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > > --- Adrian Tymes <wingcat@pacbell.net> wrote:
    > > > --- Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > > > > Additionally, if you are feeling especially
    > > frisky,
    > > > > you might also send
    > > > > letters supporting PAM to your congressmonsters
    > > and
    > > > > senators, using the
    > > > > same analogy, and putting in a good word for
    > > Robin.
    > > > > Lets let them know
    > > > > that we won't take this lying down, eh?
    > > >
    > > > Actually, I, for one, intend to do just that.
    > >
    > > Excellent. If possible, could all list members doing
    > > so respond that
    > > they are doing so and to what papers and
    > > politicians? Thanks.
    >
    > You misunderstood: I, myself, am not convinced that
    > this needs to be sponsored by the government (as I
    > said: let the market itself provide a market, as it is
    > already doing in other areas), so I will "take this
    > lying down". That's just my opinion and my intended
    > (in)action, of course.

    Ah, then a typical list response. Sorry if I mistook you for a doer.

    While I agree that it doesn't necessarily need to be sponsored by the
    government, my point isn't a matter of lobbying for government
    financing. My point is that we need to represent a rational argument
    for PAM in the public discourse, something that the liberal anti-market
    types are dominating so far with their demonization of PAM and Robin.
    Failure to do so may do more than end government support of PAM, they
    might make it illegal to do in the private sphere as well.

    =====
    Mike Lorrey
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