Re: [asa] on the common good, and science

At 05:21 AM 1/27/2007, PvM wrote:
>Interesting question, is the socialist system, which in many ways
>seems to be closer to Christ(ian), than the laissez faire
>alternatives? A free system however is a flawed concept since freedom
>is a relative concept which can hold captive large amounts of the
>population under the concept of "if they are hungry, let them eat
>cake"...
>Capitalism in concept as well as practice hardly seems to warrant the
>title mature, certainly in its latter form it has failed miserably. A
>free system needs to be equally free to all, not free to some and
>"free in name only" to the majority of others.

@ You'll recognize yourself
here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1773613/posts?page=65#65

~ Janice

>On 1/26/07, Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>At 05:43 PM 1/26/2007, Janice Matchett wrote:
>>
>>At 05:27 PM 1/26/2007, David Opderbeck wrote:
>>But it can be responsible public policy to take things away from people for
>>the common good.
>
>>@ "..S*cial*st systems above all treat men as pawns to be moved about by
>>the authorities, or as children to be given what the rulers decide is good
>>for them, or as serfs or slaves. The rulers begin by boasting about their
>>compassion, which in any case is fraudulent, but after a time they drop this
>>pretense which they find unnecessary for the maintenance of power. In all
>>things they act on the presumption that they know best. Therefore they and
>>their systems are morally stunted. Only the free system, the much assailed
>>capitalism, is morally mature."
>>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1352736/posts
>>
>>~ Janice

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Received on Sat Jan 27 12:24:42 2007