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   Message 61,242 of 62,757   
   Brent to Harry K   
   Re: What kind of idiots ride public tran   
   17 Feb 11 21:37:44   
   
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   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2011-02-17, Harry K  wrote:   
   > On Feb 17, 11:08 am, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, originator of   
   > the Stop the Bullshit Campaign"  wrote:   
   >> On Feb 17, 9:44 am, Brent  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
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   >>   
   >> > On 2011-02-17, Ashton Crusher  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > > The free market can't produce FREE roads but they could make   
   >> > > standardized ones.  The biggest problem I see with free market roads   
   >> > > is if they are truly free market then you have lost your freedom to   
   >> > > travel "freely" in the non-economic sense.  Ultimately you would not   
   >> > > be able to leave your house without paying for the privilege.  The   
   >> > > libertarians call that the perfect world.   
   >>   
   >> > As opposed to government roads that are created with magic and instead   
   >> > of resources taken from the population? Or is it that you want to   
   >> > arrange things by the political process so that those people over there   
   >> > pay for the roads while you get to use them for free?   
   >>   
   >> > As to freedom to travel, how exactly do we have that by the political   
   >> > process? The govenment has its armed muscle collect tribute on the   
   >> > roads. The government has them set up checkpoints. Government enjoys   
   >> > making people submit to it in order to travel. Travel was reduced from   
   >> > a right to a government granted privilege. What's better? Being a   
   >> > paying customer or subjected to stops and possibly searches by armed   
   >> > men who's performance reviews depend on how much money they bring in   
   >> > and/or how many arrests they make?   
   >>   
   >> > .   
   >>   
   >> So again, WOULD YOU DISMISS ALL AIRPORT SECURITY SO YOU RIGHT TO   
   >> PRIVACY IS PROTECTED?   
   >>   
   >> See how your bubble pops?- Hide quoted text -   
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   >   
   > Cut him some slack.  He hasn't worked one of his standard rants into   
   > this thread up until that one.  I was beginning to think he was sick   
   > or sumpin.   
      
   Harry, having found his arguments lacking multiple times joins gpstroll   
   and a couple others in the bitter-sniping/trolling habbit.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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