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   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: HardTimes@TheFarm   
      
   His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote:   
   > On Sep 26, 1:25 am, Allen Barker    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> But "natural law," as posited by the original poster,   
   >> is bullshit.  It is ill-defined, bad religion.  It   
   >> doesn't conform to any of the existing religions,   
   >> as far as I know (absent some tortured interpretation).   
   >> It clearly isn't science.  What imbecile would imagine   
   >> that one could or should get rid of competition in a   
   >> society?  Competition, within a larger cooperative   
   >> framework, can be quite skillful (at the least, it can   
   >> lead to entertaining tennis matches).   
   >>   
   >> The "order of nature," right.  That seems to harken   
   >> back to the slave-trading days.  Then again, the   
   >> current RNC does seem to want to bring back   
   >> a modern version of indentured servitude.  ;-)   
   >   
   > I see it in this metaphor: THE CIRCUS.   
   >   
   > The acrobats do very daring moves when they are provided a SAFETY NET.   
   > There's competition and struggle with others and oneself, but there's   
   > also TEAMWORK and when things go wrong you come out alive.   
   >   
   > In America --and many other places in the Third World-- there's simply   
   > no place to fall, no place to ride a bike, no place to die. Remember,   
   > the Funeral Industry --the vultures-- are waiting for you after the   
   > Medical Industry eats you.   
   >   
   > There are certain areas that shouldn't be open to competition.   
   >   
      
     Pay the electric bill and get a job.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)