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Article #1235Re: support for the arts in the US
From: Nigel Ling
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 11:22
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 11:22
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In article <1gikq6INNra5@agate.berkeley.edu> curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin) writes: >>> >>>If you want poor people to be able to read, you should give >>>them money - not libraries. >> > >When you spend X dollars on libraries for the poor, instead of giving >the poor X dollars, what you are saying is: > >"You do not have enough money to spend on things you need, but we do not >trust you to decide what things you need. Therefore, instead of giving you >money, which you would not spend wisely, we will give you what we think >is best for you." > >If you approve of this attitude, probably the less said the better. Wow! Why didn't anybody else think of this, especially all those writers? The simple solutions are always the best eh? Nigel
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Newsgroups: misc.writing Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!spool.mu.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!syma!mapd1 From: mapd1@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Nigel Ling) Subject: Re: support for the arts in the US Message-ID: <1992Dec15.112239.3050@syma.sussex.ac.uk> Organization: University of Sussex References: <1gdaaqINN1kg@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Dec14.144232.21162@syma.sussex.ac.uk> <1gikq6INNra5@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 11:22:39 GMT Lines: 24