Re: Our Anti-Merit System

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From: CKIM
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 12:18

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"JETman" <jetassoc@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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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.....
>

He said "every".

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