Re: Theories of underdevelopment

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From: royls
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 23:54

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On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 23:26:28 -0400, "robert j. kolker"
<nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote:

>royls@telus.net wrote:
> 
>> I wanted you to confirm that you are evil, by agreeing that you
>> believe slave owners should have been compensated for the loss of
>> their unjust privilege when slaves were freed, but freed slaves were
>> rightly not compensated for the systematic violation of their rights
>> before they were freed.  Alternatively, you could confirm that you are
>> evil by lying about your opinion on this matter.
>
>You bet I am evil.

At least you are honest, so maybe you are less evil than you think.

>The world is an evil place and I am adapted to it.

No, the world is a good place, but the evil do their best to make it
an evil place, with varying degrees of success.

>In the long run the evil folks will win.

You better pray they don't.  The historical record shows that when the
evil win, everyone loses, including the evil.  The reason for this is
not hard to understand, except for the evil.

-- Roy L

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