On 09/11/08 12:19, Jeff Soules wrote:
Dismissing most of this because it's little more than an expression of
the author's prejudice, but...
We don't like the EU because
of their complete disregard for individual rights. It was conceived of and
implemented by socialists. It's that simple.
Socialists?
You mean the kind of people who would devote massive amounts of their
free time, with no expectation of compensation, to building and
distributing a totally free operating system, purely because they
believe it would be beneficial to society? And who put in place legal
safeguards to ensure that it would protect the rights of its
contributors by remaining forever free, and the rights of its users by
remaining forever modifiable?
Except... that's not what a Socialist (one who follows/believes in
Socialism) is.
Modern Socialism has more to do with heavy state involvement in the
economy, protection of local industry and wealth transfer from the
Haves to the Have Nots.
(Yes, the US is quite the socialist nation. If people can vote for
bread and circuses, they eventually will.)
Yeah, I hate those guys.
You hate the wrong guys.
--
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no
hook beneath it." -- Thomas Jefferson
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