I have no idea if John Mill really said what Elisabeth says he said, but on the off chance that readers may mistake John Mill for a modern political liberal, the following are some encyclopedic excerpts to show that John Mill was in every sense a modern political conservative-libertarian in the mold of Ronald Reagan: > 1. In the following year he was introduced to political economy and studied Adam Smith and David Ricardo with his father--ultimately completing their classical economic view of factors of production. > 2. One foundational book on the concept of liberty was "On Liberty", about the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual. > 3. Mill's main economic philosophy was one of laissez faire. > 4. Many cadets at the U.S Air Force Academy best remember him for the following quotation, which is required memorization for all fourthclassmen. "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." > Mario. > --- Elisabeth Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Santosh, > Although I agree with you in the main, I think the > distinction between the "viewpoint" and the "person" > who holds that viewpoint is a blurred and tenuous > one. > If one holds a certain belief, I think we > extrapolate > that the person acts in a certain manner consistent > with the view he/she holds. As John Mill said > "Conservatives are not necessarily stupid but most > stupid people are conservative". :)) > > Elisabeth > PS: No offence meant to conservatives, just using > the > quote to make my point. > ------------------------------ > --- Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi Elisabeth, > > > > > > > Nonetheless, as you might have realized my > question > > was directed at the reflexive display of > gratuitous > > contempt for the person holding an opposing > > viewpoint > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Santosh > > > > _____________________________________________ > > Do not post admin requests to the list. > > Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _____________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. > Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) > _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)