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Article #1653Re: Our Anti-Merit System
From: JETman
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 10:10
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 10:10
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CKIM wrote: > > "Herman Rubin" <hrubin@odds.stat.purdue.edu> wrote in message > news:ajj1i8$2dse@odds.stat.purdue.edu... > > > well off. Every advancement of civilization was by empowering > > those who could do what the typical person could not to do so > > and benefit personally from it. This is what the socialist > > advocates cannot realize. > > Really? Let's see.... > > - Movable type: created by monks for the benefit of society > - Democracy: created by philosophers for the benefit of society > - Nuclear power: created by government-funded scientists for the benefit of > society > - Space travel: created by government-funded scientists for the benefit of > society > - Internet: created by the military and further developed by the civilian > government, for the benefit of society > > Those are just the first few that came to mind. I'm sure I'm missing volumes > of advances that were never created to profit an individual. It's fun to > watch neo-conservatives leap to conclusions, and fall flat on their face. > And before you go calling me a liberal, you should know that I've voted > Republican since I was old enough to vote, except for the exception of one > gubernatorial candidate that I personally knew was a boob. But I vote > Republican for different reasons than most..... Well let'see..... Light bulb - Invented by Edison who was a "for profit" person. Telephone - Invented by Bell who was a "for profit" person. Transistor - Invented by scientists at Bell Labs, a "for profit" corporation. Yada, yada, yada..... Hell, at 5 a.m. who cares..... -- Regards, JT (Residing in Austin, Texas) Just Tooling Down The Internet Superhighway With my G4.......
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