XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2011-03-13, Gary L Burnore wrote:   
   > On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:33:00 +0000 (UTC), Brent   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 2011-03-12, Gary L Burnore wrote:   
   >>> On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 21:22:45 GMT, russotto@grace.speakeasy.net   
   >>> (Matthew Russotto) wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>In article ,   
   >>>>Gary L. Burnore wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>It's obviously not worth it. As he drives on a public road from his   
   >>>>>employer who's likely getting a tax break, he'll make use of the   
   >>>>>bridges and lights provided by the government.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>So if a person who uses any government services (even when the   
   >>>>government is a monopoly provider) is ineligible to be a   
   >>>>libertarian by reason of hypocrisy, is a person who uses any private   
   >>>>services (even when the government does not provide the service)   
   >>>>ineligible to be a socialist for the same reason?   
   >>>   
   >>> Nice example of a bad analogy, frootloop.   
   >>   
   >>His point is entirely valid.   
   >   
   > Not even close. One is unavoidable (buying services from a private   
   > business), the other is not.   
      
   So why don't socialists avoid buying from private businesses to avoid   
   hypocrisy?   
      
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