The Devil in a Forest

James Wynn · 19 May 2009, 19:08 · from 2009-May.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:08:54 -0500
Subject: (urth) The Devil in a Forest
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> Really?
> I have never met a libertarian who claims that the government issues money
> or that theft is OK when performed by the government.
> I'd be more than happy to talk to such a creature, just to see how its
> mind works (or should that be "how its 'mind' 'works'").

I'm all for scientific inquiry, but if we going to have a persistent thread 
on the virtues of Socialism and Libertarianism divorced from direct 
references to Wolfe's books, then I'd prefer we change the title. I'm not 
sure I'm done with this particular discussion and I'd like to avoid having 
it zombified.

J.

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