Re: Defending the indefensible was Re: FWD [forteana] Health Care: USA, Iraq & Canada

From: Robbie Lindauer (robblin@thetip.org)
Date: Mon Aug 11 2003 - 00:16:42 MDT

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    On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 10:14 AM, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:

    > So what's wrong with being bad, if everybody is doing it, while
    > preaching
    > for others to be good? Nothing.

    > Progress is good. Economic progress is good, since it gives humans a
    > better
    > ability to fulfill their wishes, which is the essence of doing
    > anything at
    > all.

    If you don't already see the parallel between your position and the
    moralists position it won't be any use to point it out to you, or would
    it?

    > It is good to be rich.

    Really?

    > and it is wrong to be poor.

    Wow.

    > Concentrate on creating wealth,
    > not righting wrongs, and all wrongs will right themselves.

    Talk about wishful thinking.

    Rafal thinks that concentrating on cornering the market in orange juice
    and pork-belly futures will help wrongs right themselves?

    Do you think that creating a noncompetitive global banking system might
    be useful in this regard too?

    r

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