Matthias Julius wrote: > "Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@familiasanchez.net> writes: > > >>I would *certainly* want to put private profit interest above a social >>system. Know why? There is no stronger motivator in business than >>profit. Please look at the quality and level of service of monopoly >>phone carrier ISPs (bellsouth, sbc, etc) compared to the indenepdents >>(SpeakEasy sticks out in my mind). SpeakEasy is *cheaper* and has >>service that is light years ahead the monopoly carriers. > > > I don't see how a profit oriented business could be social. How would > you enable people from the lower end of society to get their children > educated? > I don't enable them. They enable themselves. Please repeay after me, "It is not the government's responsibility to be a nanny." People need to take responsibility for themselves and their own actions. The abrogation of personal responsibility is one of the greatest travesties of the 20th century. > >>What you are saying is that if the government controlled everything, we >>would be better off. That might work someplace like the Star Trex: TNG >>universe, but places like Cuba and the USSR have shown what that would >>really be like. > > > No, I don't want the government to control everything. I want it to > control natural monopolies like the road system. And I want it to > ensure that nobody is left out and everyone has the basics to survive > and to get a chance in live. > I think I am done in this thread. There have been requests that we knock it off. I move that we do so. How about we all just agree to disagree and go back to bashing microsoft? -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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