lkk@teddy.UUCP (09/24/85)
References: Does anyone else find it tremendously ironic that the two biggest libertarian flamers on this list, JoSH, and Rick McGeer, both spout their tirades from PUBLICLY SUPPORTED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. Not only that, but virtually every libertarian on this net works at either a publicly supported college, or an electronics or computer company whose existence is supported by the Department of Defense. These people are oh so eloquent in their defense of the mythical free market, demeaning humanitarian welfare programs as wasteful, destructive, and downright evil. At the same time, they seem to have absolutely no qualms about taking their own form of welfare, the welfare for the elites in this country that comes in the form of wasteful defense contracts, unrestricted research grants, and the like. Half of all engineers in this country are deployed directly or indirectly by the DOD. So many are Libertarians, or at least fiscal conservatives. What a joke!! -- Sport Death, Larry Kolodney (USENET) ...decvax!genrad!teddy!lkk (INTERNET) lkk@mit-mc.arpa
ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) (09/28/85)
> Not only that, but virtually every libertarian on this net works at either > a publicly supported college, or an electronics or computer company whose > existence is supported by the Department of Defense. > These people are oh so eloquent in their defense of the mythical free market, > demeaning humanitarian welfare programs as wasteful, destructive, and downright > evil. At the same time, they seem to have absolutely no qualms about taking > their own form of welfare, the welfare for the elites in this country that > comes in the form of wasteful defense contracts, unrestricted research grants, > and the like. > Half of all engineers in this country are deployed directly or > indirectly by the DOD. So many are Libertarians, or at least > fiscal conservatives. What a joke!! I do not have any choice about turning most of what I earn over to the government, even though I think I am being robbed -- if I refuse, I would wind up in prison. Therefore, I do not have any qualms about taking advantage of what the government offers, according to their rules. I think of it as partial retribution. "One does not stop the juggernaut by throwing one's self in front of it." --Ayn Rand --Andrew Koenig