~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, On Sun, 3 Nov 1996 paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk wrote:
It is not a requirement in a libertarian forum to tell the truth.
Granted, but neither is it a requirement to suffer fools.
You also seem to be implying that people need protecting from Dimitri, much the same authoritarian argument we hear from govt. about people needing to be protected from porn/drugs/free spech etc.
(a) I have it on good authority, that "authoritarian" does not mean what Paul apparently thinks it does. Look it up, Paul, and then let us know if that's what you actually meant. (Hint: No one has suggested unquestioning obedience. A better accusation--though still incorrect in the instant case--would be of "paternalism.") (b) I assure you, that was NOT my implication. My position is that (1) keeping that sort of noise down is a good thing, and (2) it's John's machine and John's call, not ours. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~