On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 18:45:16 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:
> Really quick non-quoted reply on monastic v. communist societies
> 1. A communist society is not headed up by a single individual, elected
> or not, who has the power of "life or death" -- membership or dismissal
> or condemnation to an eter
Really quick non-quoted reply on monastic v. communist societies
1. A communist society is not headed up by a single individual, elected
or not, who has the power of "life or death" -- membership or dismissal
or condemnation to an eternity of suffering -- over others within the
society.
2. A co
On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:40:06 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:
> Sorry Sam,
> The lay orders, convents, and the priesthood -- none of then are
> communistic in concept or day-to-day operation. The control is
> strict, from the top down, and it is dead wrong to equate poverty, or
> self-deprivation with co
